Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!uwm.edu!mailrus!ames!eos!shelby!portia!hanauma!rick From: rick@hanauma.stanford.edu (Richard Ottolini) Newsgroups: comp.graphics Subject: Re: iso-surfaces in SciVi Message-ID: <5430@portia.Stanford.EDU> Date: 29 Sep 89 21:46:58 GMT References: <19889@mimsy.UUCP> Sender: USENET News SystemReply-To: rick@hanauma.UUCP (Richard Ottolini) Organization: Stanford University, Dept. of Geophysics Lines: 7 In article <19889@mimsy.UUCP> rmr@mimsy.umd.edu (Randy M. Rohrer) writes: > >what is an iso-surface? In a multi-dimensional (2,3,+) sampling of data points, an iso-surface is a surface passes through data of the same value. This implies a certain degree of smoothness in the data samples. For example, the temperature surface of 200-degrees surrounding a flame.