The need for the solid modelling of structure in the archaeology of buildings

Table of Contents

• Home Page
• Table of Contents
• List of Illustrations
• 1. The Development of Three-Dimensional Modelling in Archaeology
  • 1.1 What is Three-Dimensional Modelling?
    • What is a model?
  • 1.2 The Initial Need for Three-Dimensional Modelling in Archaeology
    • Representing Data
    • Recording Data
  • 1.3 The Development of Three-Dimensional Modelling in Archaeology
• 2. Modelling Software
  • 2.1 Surface Modellers
    • Wire Frame Models
    • Surface Models
    • Why Archaeologists Adopted CAD
  • 2.2 Solid Modellers
    • Types of Solid Model
    • The Origins of Solid Modelling
  • 2.3 The Blurring of Boundaries
• 3.Types of Model
  • 3.1 Perception Models
    • Data Visualization
    • Photo-realism
    • Virtual Reality
    • Summary
  • 3.2 Structural Models
    • Modelling Structure Explicitly
    • Spatial Databases
    • Discovering Physical Properties
    • Summary
• 4. Conclusion
• Technical Notes
• Glossary
• Acknowledgments
• Bibliography

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