A process for efficiently drawing subdivision surfaces. The present invention operates within a computer system for visually displaying 3 dimensional (3D) surfaces on a display. The present invention pulls polygons from a polygon mesh of a 3D surface. The polygons are stored into a 2 dimensional array...http://www.google.com/patents/US6078331?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6078331 - Method and system for efficiently drawing subdivision surfaces for 3D graphics
