Method and System for the Creation of an H-Spline Based Data Structure, Data Storage, and Data Representation

A system for generating a data structure to digitally represent a geometrical object based on H-splines, the system including a computer device having a data processor and memory, the data processor configured to

• create a first data structure and store a plurality of control points and higher order derivatives that define the geometrical object in a parameter domain using the H-splines in the first data structure of the memory;
• create a second data structure and store coordinate data that define the geometrical object as a coordinate data model in the second data structure of the memory;
• and
• create and store a connectivity array in the memory that links the plurality of control points of the parameter domain to the coordinate data of the coordinate data model.

A non-transitory computer readable medium, the computer readable medium having computer instruction code recorded thereon, the computer instruction code configured to perform a method for generating a data structure to digitally represent a geometrical object based on H-splines, the method comprising the steps of:

• creating a first data structure and storing a plurality of control points and higher order derivatives that define the geometrical object in a parameter domain using the H-splines in the first data structure of a memory of the computer;
• creating a second data structure and storing coordinate data that define the geometrical object as a coordinate data model in the second data structure of the memory of the computer;
• and
• creating and storing a connectivity array in the memory that links the plurality of control points of the parameter domain to the coordinate data of the coordinate data model.