• openAccess   An optimisation-based reconstruction engine for 3D modelling by sketching 

      Company, Pedro; Contero, Manuel; Conesa, Julián; Piquer, Ana Elsevier (2004-12)
      An engine that automatically reconstructs a large variety of polyhedral, origami and wire-frame objects from single-view sketched drawings generated in a calligraphic interface is presented. The engine has two stages. An ...
    • openAccess   Educational software for teaching drawing-based conceptual design skills 

      Company, Pedro; Contero, Manuel; Piquer, Ana; Aleixos, Nuria; Conesa, Julián; Naya, Ferran Wiley (2004-12-17)
      An education-oriented computer application to draw sketches of polyhedrons that are automatically recognized to reconstructs the suitable three-dimensional (3D) models is presented. The users can modify the sketches and ...
    • openAccess   Improving Visualization Skills in Engineering Education 

      Contero, Manuel; Company, Pedro; Saorín Pérez, José Luis; Naya, Ferran; Conesa, Julián IEEE Computer Society (2005-09)
      This article analyzes the importance of visualization skills in engineering education. It proposes a dual approach based on computer graphics applications using both Web-based graphic applications and a sketch based modeling ...
    • openAccess   Smart Sketch System for 3D Reconstruction Based Modeling 

      Naya, Ferran; Conesa, Julián; Contero, Manuel; Company, Pedro; Jorge, Joaquim Springer (2003)
      Current user interfaces of CAD systems are still not suited to the initial stages of product development, where freehand drawings are used by engineers and designers to express their visual thinking. In order to exploit ...