Rapid Visualization of Geological Concepts

Mattia Natali, Ivan Viola, Daniel Patel

INPROCEEDINGS, SIBGRAPI 2012 (XXV Conference on Graphics, Patterns and Images), August, 2012

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Abstract

We describe a sketch-based system for constructing an illustrative visualization of the subsurface. An intuitive and rapid modelling tool is defined, which takes as input user’s strokes and creates a 3D layer-cake model of the earth. Our tool enables users to quickly express and communicate their ideas directly using a 3D model. For sketching, we have created geometric operators that capture the domain specific modelling requirements.We have devised sketching operators for expressing folding and faulting processes. This makes it possible to produce a large span of scenarios. Moreover, for communicating layer properties such as rock type and grain size, our system allows for associating user defined texture to each layer which can be deformed with a few sketch strokes.

Published

SIBGRAPI 2012 (XXV Conference on Graphics, Patterns and Images)

• Editors: C. Freitas, L. Silva, R. Scopigno, and S. Sarkar
• Date: August 2012
• Project: GeoIllustrator
• URL: http://www.decom.ufop.br/sibgrapi2012/

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BibTeX

@inproceedings{Natali12Rapid,
 author = {Mattia Natali and Ivan Viola and Daniel Patel},
 title = {Rapid Visualization of Geological Concepts},
 year = {2012},
 month = {August},
 booktitle = {SIBGRAPI 2012 (XXV Conference on Graphics, Patterns and Images)},
 editor = {C. Freitas, L. Silva, R. Scopigno, and S. Sarkar},
 address = {Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil},
 url = {http://www.decom.ufop.br/sibgrapi2012/},
 abstract = {We describe a sketch-based system for constructing
  an illustrative visualization of the subsurface. An intuitive and
  rapid modelling tool is defined, which takes as input user’s
  strokes and creates a 3D layer-cake model of the earth. Our
  tool enables users to quickly express and communicate their
  ideas directly using a 3D model. For sketching, we have created
  geometric operators that capture the domain specific modelling
  requirements.We have devised sketching operators for expressing
  folding and faulting processes. This makes it possible to produce
  a large span of scenarios. Moreover, for communicating layer
  properties such as rock type and grain size, our system allows
  for associating user defined texture to each layer which can be
  deformed with a few sketch strokes.},

}