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Quadrangular Parameterization for Reverse Engineering

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Mathematical Methods for Curves and Surfaces (MMCS 2008)

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The aim of Reverse Engineering is to convert an unstructured representation of a geometric object, emerging e.g. from laser scanners, into a natural, structured representation in the spirit of CAD models, which is suitable for numerical computations. Therefore we present a user-controlled, as isometric as possible parameterization technique which is able to prescribe geometric features of the input and produces high-quality quadmeshes with low distortion. Starting with a coarse, user-prescribed layout this is achieved by using affine functions for the transition between non-orthogonal quadrangular charts of a global parameterization. The shape of each chart is optimized non-linearly for isometry of the underlying parameterization to produce meshes with low edge-length distortion. To provide full control over the meshing alignment the user can additionally tag an arbitrary subset of the layout edges which are guaranteed to be represented by enforcing them to lie on iso-lines of the parameterization but still allowing the global parameterization to relax in the direction of the iso-lines.

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Bommes, D., Vossemer, T., Kobbelt, L. (2010). Quadrangular Parameterization for Reverse Engineering. In: Dæhlen, M., Floater, M., Lyche, T., Merrien, JL., Mørken, K., Schumaker, L.L. (eds) Mathematical Methods for Curves and Surfaces. MMCS 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5862. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11620-9_5

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