1. Shape: A 3D Modeling Tool for Astrophysics. Wolfgang Steffen, Nicholas Koning, Stephan Wenger, Christophe Morisset, Marcus Magnor. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, Vol. 6, No. 1. January 2007. ​arXiv Link. Submitted to arXiv 10-03-2010.

Outline:

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1. Introduction

2. Related Work

2.1 Automatic-Reconstruction Methods

2.2 User-Driven Systems

3. Observational Data in Astronomy

4. The Shape System

4.1 Java Implementation

4.2 Interactive Modeling

4.3 Image Rendering

4.4 Synthetic Observation

4.5 Automatic Optimization

4.6 Automatic Reconstruction

4.7 Plot, Animation, and Movie Modules

5. Results and Example Applications

5.1 Validation of Shape with Hydrodynamical Simulations

5.2 Reconstruction f the Saturn Nebula

5.3 Nova RS Ophiuchi

5.4 Content production for digital media

6. Future Developments

7. Conclusions