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Computer aided design software.

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In modeling, the action of sewing points or edges together on NURBS surfaces. Stitching is useful to keep surface edges together while they are being deformed, or for patching NURBS surfaces together ...

smear

Software; CAD

In painting, the blending of adjacent colors together along a stroke path.

shell

Software; CAD

In polygonal modeling, a collection of faces that are connected in a single piece. For example, a primitive plane.

smoothing

Software; CAD

In polygonal modeling, a modification of the surface topology by smoothing out vertices and their connected edges. Also known as meshsmooth.

shared polygons

Software; CAD

In polygonal modeling, adjacent polygons that share vertices where they meet. These vertices continue to be shared if the polygons are transformed or edited.

shading map

Software; CAD

In rendering, a material in the form of a color map that is applied to surfaces after they are rendered. Shading maps are useful for creating non-photorealistic effects (for example, cartoon ...

shininess

Software; CAD

In rendering, the intensity of the shiny attribute of a surface. For example, a wet fish has a shinier surface than a dry leaf. In animations, surfaces reflect light in different ways depending on ...