“Mapping-Independent Triangulation of Parametric Surfaces” by Attene and Wyvill
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- Application
Title:
- Mapping-Independent Triangulation of Parametric Surfaces
Session/Category Title: Meshes
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Abstract:
Triangulation of parametric surfaces is important for visualization and finite element analysis. The wrong choice of parameterization can spoil a triangulation or even cause the algorithm to fail. We present a new method that uses a local inverse mapping for almost uniformly sampling and triangulating a surface, so that its parameterization becomes irrelevant; differential geometry provides almost all we need.
References:
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