用于零件展示的计算机视觉系统的设计是一个复杂的问题。为了设计一个高效低成本的系统，必须考虑系统硬件和软件的相互依赖性。数值模拟可以有力地帮助检查集成硬件/软件系统的性能。然而，数值模拟需要一种方法来生成物理上精确的合成图像，模拟视觉系统捕获的图像。本文描述了一种生成所需物理精确图像的方法。还将合成图像与使用现有机器视觉系统捕获的图像进行了比较。

THE DESIGN OF A COMPUTER VISION SYSTEM FOR PART PRESENTATION IS A COMPLEX PROBLEM. TO DESIGN AN EFFICIENT LOW-COST SYSTEM, THE INTERDEPENDENCE OF THE SYSTEM HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE MUST BE CONSIDERED. NUMERICAL SIMULATION CAN BE A POWERFUL AID IN EXAMINING THE PERFORMANCE OF AN INTEGRATED HARDWARE/SOFTWARE SYSTEM. HOWEVER, NUMERICAL SIMULATION REQUIRES A METHOD TO GENERATE PHYSICALLY ACCURATE SYNTHETIC IMAGES THAT SIMULATE THE IMAGES CAPTURED BY THE VISION SYSTEM. THIS PAPER DESCRIBES A METHODOLOGY FOR GENERATING THE REQUIRED PHYSICALLY ACCURATE IMAGES. A COMPARISON OF SYNTHETIC IMAGES TO IMAGES CAPTURED USING AN EXISTING MACHINE VISION SYSTEM IS ALSO DONE.