Proceedings of the 2006 ACM symposium on Solid and physical modeling

Abstract

The ACM Symposium on Solid and Physical Modeling is an annual international forum for the exchange of recent research results and applications of spatial modeling and computations in design, analysis and manufacturing, as well as in emerging biomedical, geophysical and other areas. Previous symposia in this series were held in Austin, Texas, 1991; Montreal, Canada, 1993; Salt Lake City, Utah, 1995; Atlanta, Georgia, 1997; Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1999 and 2001; Saarbrucken, Germany, 2002; Seattle, Washington, 2003; Genova, Italy, 2004; and Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2005. For additional information, please visit www.solidmodeling.org, the home page of The Solid Modeling Association that oversees this symposium series.The SPM symposium series started initially with the name "ACM Symposium on Solid Modeling and Applications." To emphasize the fact that solid modeling entails not only handling their geometric shapes, but also their physical properties and behaviors, the name of the symposium was expanded to The ACM Symposium on Solid and Physical Modeling (abbreviated as SPM) in 2005.SPM'06 was held in plenary sessions on the campus of Cardiff University, Wales, United Kingdom from Tuesday June 6 to Thursday June 8, 2006. Fifty six technical papers have been submitted and were reviewed by the international program committee and expert reviewers from around the world. At least three external reviewers and members of the program committee reviewed and discussed each submission. A total of 21 refereed papers have been selected for plenary presentation and publication in the proceedings. The symposium program also includes three invited presentations by Bruno Levy, Sara McMains and Jürgen Weese, all leading researchers in their fi elds. There were also two panels where recent trends and challenges were discussed. These panel sessions were organized by Kenji Shimada (Physical Modeling and Simulation) and Sara McMains (Design, Analysis, and Manufacturing).