A method and apparatus are provided for transforming 3D geometric data, such as polygon data (16) formed of polygons (18), into volumetric data (14) formed of voxels (12). According to the method, 3D geometric data to be converted to voxel data are acquired, and the resolution of a final voxel grid to...http://www.google.com/patents/US6867774?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6867774 - Method and apparatus for transforming polygon data to voxel data for general purpose applications