Smooth subdivision surfaces over multiple meshes

Przemyslaw Musialski, Robert F. Tobler, Stefan Maierhofer

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Abstract

Standard subdivision rules, such as Catmull-Clark and Loop allow the creation of smooth surfaces with C 2 continuity over almost the whole domain except at extraordinary vertices. Normally, the subdivision schemes are limited to one mesh and need special rules for handling the boundaries of the domain. This issue leads to complications in straightforward approaches to compose objects out of multiple joined meshes. We propose a new method for stitching control meshes at common faces. The new approach uses the stitching information to smoothly subdivide the meshes across the stitching edges, while maintaining the meshes as separate units in memory. This makes it possible to compose large, complex geometries using simple components, without the necessity to subdivide the complete mesh down to the same detail level.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication15th International Conference in Central Europe on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision 2007, WSCG'2007 - In Co-operation with EUROGRAPHICS, Full Papers Proceedings
Pages161-168
Number of pages8
StatePublished - 2007
Externally publishedYes
Event15th International Conference in Central Europe on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision 2007, WSCG'2007 - Plzen, Czech Republic
Duration: Jan 29 2007Feb 1 2007

Publication series

Name15th International Conference in Central Europe on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision 2007, WSCG'2007 - In Co-operation with EUROGRAPHICS, Full Papers ProceedingsWSCG Proceedings

Conference

Conference15th International Conference in Central Europe on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision 2007, WSCG'2007
Country/TerritoryCzech Republic
CityPlzen
Period1/29/072/1/07

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition

Keywords

  • Level of detail
  • Multiple meshes
  • Subdivision surfaces

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