Development and Application of Laser Three Dimensional Measurement -Development of CAD System for Chinaware

This paper presents an overview of a newly developed 3-D Laser Beam Measuring System which was used to make several chinawares. The present implementation of the system consists of not only measuring the outline shape but also making three modules, that is an interactive surface modeller, a shading image generation module and a 2-D paint software. Chinaware objects are created by using the interactive surface modeller by the design stage. A designer inputs several surface detail parameters of the object, such as material, color, etc. As a result, the designer can get a sophisticated shaded image on a CRT display. The system operates on a personal computer coupled with a color display which has 24 bit-planes per pixel, and can present realistic images of chinawares.