MODELING AND VISUALIZATION OF KNITWEAR

Visualization and modeling of textile materials has already been inves tigated In detail in the computer graphics literature, Most of the wor k, however, concentrates on woven fabrics, In this paper we present a novel approach to the modeling and rendering of knitwear, After the to pological specification of a knitting pattern a subdivision into basic elements is done, The yam microstructure within basic elements is app roximated by volume data sets. The repetitive structure of knitted fab rics allows an efficient rendering technique. Resulting images are giv en that demonstrate the feasibility of our approach.