Mesh Parametrization Driven by Unit Normal Flow

dc.contributor.authorZhao, Huien_US
dc.contributor.authorSu, Kehuaen_US
dc.contributor.authorLi, Chenchenen_US
dc.contributor.authorZhang, Boyuen_US
dc.contributor.authorYang, Leien_US
dc.contributor.authorLei, Naen_US
dc.contributor.authorWang, Xiaolingen_US
dc.contributor.authorGortler, Steven J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorGu, Xianfengen_US
dc.contributor.editorBenes, Bedrich and Hauser, Helwigen_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-22T12:24:38Z
dc.date.available2020-05-22T12:24:38Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractBased on mesh deformation, we present a unified mesh parametrization algorithm for both planar and spherical domains. Our approach can produce intermediate frames from the original meshes to the targets. We derive and define a novel geometric flow: ‘unit normal flow (UNF)’ and prove that if UNF converges, it will deform a surface to a constant mean curvature (CMC) surface, such as planes and spheres. Our method works by deforming meshes of disk topology to planes, and spherical meshes to spheres. Our algorithm is robust, efficient, simple to implement. To demonstrate the robustness and effectiveness of our method, we apply it to hundreds of models of varying complexities. Our experiments show that our algorithm can be a competing alternative approach to other state‐of‐the‐art mesh parametrization methods. The unit normal flow also suggests a potential direction for creating CMC surfaces.en_US
dc.description.number1
dc.description.sectionheadersArticles
dc.description.seriesinformationComputer Graphics Forum
dc.description.volume39
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/cgf.13660
dc.identifier.issn1467-8659
dc.identifier.pages34-49
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1111/cgf.13660
dc.identifier.urihttps://diglib.eg.org:443/handle/10.1111/cgf13660
dc.publisher© 2020 Eurographics ‐ The European Association for Computer Graphics and John Wiley & Sons Ltden_US
dc.subjectmesh parametrization
dc.subjectdeformation
dc.subjectconstant mean curvature
dc.subjectrotation
dc.subjectunit normal flow
dc.titleMesh Parametrization Driven by Unit Normal Flowen_US
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