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The conceptual design of a three-dimensional model can be regarded as a cyclic process in which a global scheme is gradually refined into a detailed specification of components. The system presented in this chapter demonstrates how an object-oriented approach in combination with an interactive graphical environment facilitates the elaboration of a design concept during the different stages of the design process. A model is described as a part-whole hierarchy in which components are represented as interrelated graphical objects with an internal representation. Objects can be grouped bottom-up into more complex objects, or alternatively, their internal representation can be decomposed top-down into other objects. An interactive graphical interface allows the designer to view and edit both the geometric and the hierarchical organization of the model by direct manipulation.
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van Emmerik, M.J.G.M. (1991). A Direct Manipulation Environment for Conceptual Design of Three Dimensional Objects. In: Blake, E.H., Wisskirchen, P. (eds) Advances in Object-Oriented Graphics I. EurographicSeminars. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76303-8_9
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