mental images - rendering imagination visible



mental matter Specifications

This is a summary of key technical features of mental matter®.

  High-performance, next-generation surface approximation and modeling software that runs on a wide variety of hardware platforms and operating systems.
  Superior mathematical accuracy.
  Novel proprietary surface representation and manipulation datastructures and algorithms.
  Highly modularized for maximum flexibility in combinding surface approximation and modeling capabilities.
  All mental matter modules are build on top of mental images' proprietary distributed database and message passing layer components just like mental ray.
  gaplib is a software library provides advanced free-form surface processing and approximation capabilities (gaplib is also part of the full mental ray library).
  surflib/ffslib is an extremely fast NURBs modeling library.
  surflib/sdslib is the first software library known to provide extremely powerful, fast, and unrestricted Hierarchical Subdivision Surface (HSDS) modeling capabilities based on most recent advances in Wavelet Theory (in combination with gaplib). Bidirectional HSDS to NURBs conversion as well as bidirectional pointsets/mesh HSDS conversion are supported in surflib.
  sbslib is the first software library that permits the implementation of mental images' unique non-traditional, non-CAD based approach to modeling by means of its proprietary Shape-by-Shading™ method (in combination with gaplib and surflib/sdslib).