TY - GEN
T1 - Efficient simplification of polygonal surface models
AU - Hussain, Muhammad
AU - Okada, Yoshihiro
AU - Niijima, Koichi
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2001 IEEE.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - We have proposed a new edge collapse simplification algorithm that can produce efficiently high quality approximations of closed manifold surface models. To reduce the number of triangular faces in a polygonal model, a sequence of edge collapses is performed and to choose the appropriate sequence of edge collapses, we have introduced a new error metric based on a quantity proportional to the volume of a tetrahedron. Our proposed algorithm is simple, fast and memory efficient and, can efficiently reduce very large polygonal surface models, Moreover, simplified models created using our method preserve the essential features of a model and compare favorably to many well-known published simplification techniques in terms of maximum geometric error and mean geometric error and bear high visual reliability even after significant simplification.
AB - We have proposed a new edge collapse simplification algorithm that can produce efficiently high quality approximations of closed manifold surface models. To reduce the number of triangular faces in a polygonal model, a sequence of edge collapses is performed and to choose the appropriate sequence of edge collapses, we have introduced a new error metric based on a quantity proportional to the volume of a tetrahedron. Our proposed algorithm is simple, fast and memory efficient and, can efficiently reduce very large polygonal surface models, Moreover, simplified models created using our method preserve the essential features of a model and compare favorably to many well-known published simplification techniques in terms of maximum geometric error and mean geometric error and bear high visual reliability even after significant simplification.
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U2 - 10.1109/IV.2001.942097
DO - 10.1109/IV.2001.942097
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:33748577969
T3 - Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Visualisation
SP - 464
EP - 469
BT - Proceedings - 5th International Conference on Information Visualisation, IV 2001
A2 - Khosrowshahi, F.
A2 - Banissi, E.
A2 - Sarfraz, M.
A2 - Ursyn, A.
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 5th International Conference on Information Visualisation, IV 2001
Y2 - 25 July 2001 through 27 July 2001
ER -