A method for the fast generation of solid molecular surfaces is described. Based on a three dimensional grid, a template driven procedure generates the so called "contact surface", also known as Connolly surface. The main advantages of this method are its good performance and that it directly generates continuously tessellated geometry. Texture mapping is a powerful computer graphics procedure, which can be used to visualize molecular properties on top of solid molecular surfaces. By using texture mapping, traditional color coding can be extended to multidimensional color coding, information filtering and property clipping. Three dimensional textures can be used for interactive color updates on a moving surface, representing the property of a surrounding static scalar field.
Index Terms:
real-time systems; data visualisation; computational geometry; interactive systems; molecular biophysics; chemistry computing; chemistry; volumetric properties; molecular surfaces; real-time; solid molecular surface generation; three dimensional grid; template driven procedure; contact surface; Connolly surface; continuously tessellated geometry; texture mapping; computer graphics procedure; molecular property visualization; solid molecular surfaces; color coding; multidimensional color coding; information filtering; property clipping; three dimensional textures; interactive color updates; static scalar field
Citation:
M. Teschner, C. Henn, "Mapping volumetric properties on molecular surfaces in real-time," hicss, pp.265, 28th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS'95), 1995
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