细分曲面拟合的局部渐进插值方法

逼近型细分方法生成的细分曲面其品质要优于插值型细分方法生成的细分曲面.然而,逼近型细分方法生成的细分曲面不能插值于初始控制网格顶点.为使逼近型细分曲面具有插值能力,一般通过求解全局线性方程组,使其插值于网格顶点.当网格顶点较多时,求解线性方程组的计算量很大,因此,难以处理稠密网格.与此不同,在不直接求解线性方程组的情况下,渐进插值方法通过迭代调整控制网格顶点,最终达到插值的效果.渐进插值方法可以处理稠密的任意拓扑网格,生成插值于初始网格顶点的光滑细分曲面.并且经证明,逼近型细分曲面渐进插值具有局部性质,也就是迭代调整初始网格的若干控制顶点,且保持剩余顶点不变,最终生成的极限细分曲面仍插值于初始网格中被调整的那些顶点.这种局部渐进插值性质给形状控制带来了更多的灵活性,并且使得自适应拟合成为可能.实验结果验证了局部渐进插值的形状控制以及自适应拟合能力.     

渐进插值的LOOP曲面细分*

目前很多细分方法都存在不能用同一种方法处理封闭网格和开放网格的问题。对此,一种新的基于插值技术的LOOP曲面细分方法,其主要思想就是给定一个初始三角网格M,反复生成新的顶点,新顶点是通过其相邻顶点的约束求解得到的,从而构造一个新的控制网格M,在取极限的情况下,可以证明插值过程是收敛的;因为生成新顶点使用的是与其相连顶点的约束求解得到的,本质上是一种局部方法,所以,该方法很容易定义。它在本地方法和全局方法中都有优势,能处理任意顶点数量和任意拓扑结构的网格,从而产生一个光滑的曲面并忠实于给定曲面的形状,其控制     

General triangular midpoint subdivision

In this paper, we introduce triangular subdivision operators which are composed of a refinement operator and several averaging operators, where the refinement operator splits each triangle uniformly into four congruent triangles and in each averaging operation, every vertex will be replaced by a convex combination of itself and its neighboring vertices. These operators form an infinite class of triangular subdivision schemes including Loop's algorithm with a restricted parameter range and the midpoint schemes for triangular meshes. We analyze the smoothness of the resulting subdivision surfaces at their regular and extraordinary points by generalizing an established technique for analyzing midpoint subdivision on quadrilateral meshes. General triangular midpoint subdivision surfaces are smooth at all regular points and they are also smooth at extraordinary points under certain conditions. We show some general triangular subdivision surfaces and compare them with Loop subdivision surfaces.     

Shape aware normal interpolation for curved surface shading from polyhedral approximation

Independent interpolation of local surface patches and local normal patches is an efficient way for fast rendering of smooth curved surfaces from rough polyhedral meshes. However, the independently interpolating normals may deviate greatly from the analytical normals of local interpolating surfaces, and the normal deviation may cause severe rendering defects when the surface is shaded using the interpolating normals. In this paper we propose two novel normal interpolation schemes along with interpolation of cubic Bézier triangles for rendering curved surfaces from rough triangular meshes. Firstly, the interpolating normal is computed by a Gregory normal patch to each Bézier triangle by a new definition of quadratic normal functions along cubic space curves. Secondly, the interpolating normal is obtained by blending side-vertex normal functions along side-vertex parametric curves of the interpolating Bézier surface. The normal patches by these two methods can not only interpolate given normals at vertices or boundaries of a triangle but also match the shape of the local interpolating surface very well. As a result, more realistic shading results are obtained by either of the two new normal interpolation schemes than by the traditional quadratic normal interpolation method for rendering rough triangular meshes.     

用逼近型√3细分方法构造闭三角网格的插值曲面

为了避免用逼近型3~(1/2)细分方法构造插值曲面过程中出现的烦琐运算,利用3细分方法极限点计算公式,提出一种用逼近型3~(1/2)细分方法构造闭三角网格插值曲面的方法.给定待插值的闭三角网格,先用一个新的几何规则与原3~(1/2)细分方法的拓扑规则细分一次得到一个初始网格,用3~(1/2)细分方法细分该初始网格得到插值曲面;新几何规则根据极限点公式确定,保证了初始网格的极限曲面插值待插值的三角网格.由于初始网格的顶点仅与待插值顶点2邻域内的点相关,所以插值曲面具有良好的局部性,即改变一个待插值点的位置时,只影响插值曲面在其附近的形状.该方法中只有确定初始网格顶点的几何规则与原3细分方法不同,故易于整合到原有的细分系统中.实验结果表明,该方法具有计算简单、有充分的自由度调整插值曲面的形状等特点,使得利用3~(1/2)细分方法构造三角网格的插值曲面变得极其简单.     

基于混合子分方法的曲面网格顶点与法向插值

顶点位置和法向插值是参数曲面造型的重要内容,文中基于混合子分方法生成三次B样条控制网格,使得相应的三次B样条曲面插值初始网格中指定的顶点,并通过引入插值模板的概念,把法向的插值转化为对模板的旋转变换,使得曲面在不改变2插值顶点的情况下插值法向,最后得到一张C^2连续的插值指定顶点和法向的曲面,与传统的逐片Bezier或Coons曲面片构造方法相比,此方法更为简洁且具有更高的连续阶,而且易于推广到高阶B样条和任意拓扑情形,具有较强的实用性。     

基于顶点法向量约束的Catmull-Clark细分插值方法

提出一种基于顶点法向量约束实现插值的两步Catmull-Clark细分方法.第一步,通过改造型Catmull-Clark细分生成新网格.第二步,通过顶点法向量约束对新网格进行调整.两步细分分别运用渐进迭代方法和拉格朗日乘子法,使得极限曲面插值于初始控制顶点和法向量.实验结果证明了该方法可同时实现插值初始控制顶点和法向量,极限曲面具有较好的造型效果.     

快速收敛的四边形网格三分细分模式

提出了四边形网格的三分细分模式.对于正则和非正则四边形网格,分别采用不同的细分模板获得新的细分顶点.从双三次B样条中推导出正则四边形网格的三分细分模板,极限曲面C²连续;对细分矩阵进行傅里叶变换,推导出非正则四边形网格的三分细分模板,极限曲面C¹连续.提出的三分细分模式可以解决任意拓扑四边形网格的曲面细分问题.与其他细分模式相比,具有收敛速度快、适用范围广等优点.最后给出了四边形网格细分的实例.     

基于形状控制的细分曲面的局部渐进插值方法

提出一种基于形状控制的 Catmull-Clark 细分曲面构造方法,实现局部插值任意拓扑的四边形网格顶点。首先该方法利用渐进迭代逼近方法的局部性质,在初始网格中选取若干控制顶点进行迭代调整,保持其他顶点不变,使得最终生成的极限细分曲面插值于初始网格中的被调整点;其次该方法的 Catmull-Clark 细分的形状控制建立在两步细分的基础上,第一步通过对初始网格应用改造的 Catmull-Clark 细分产生新的网格,第二步对新网格应用 Catmull-Clark 细分生成极限曲面,改造的 Catmull-Clark 细分为每个网格面加入参数值,这些参数值为控制局部插值曲面的形状提供了自由度。证明了基于形状控制的 Catmull-Clark 细分局部渐进插值方法的收敛性。实验结果验证了该方法可同时实现局部插值和形状控制。     

Interpolatory √3-Subdivision

We present a new interpolatory subdivision scheme for triangle meshes. Instead of splitting each edge and performing a 1-to-4 split for every triangle we compute a new vertex for every triangle and retriangulate the old and the new vertices. Using this refinement operator the number of triangles only triples in each step. New vertices are computed with a Butterfly like scheme. In order to obtain overall smooth surfaces special rules are necessary in the neighborhood of extraordinary vertices. The scheme is suitable for adaptive refinement by using an easy forward strategy. No temporary triangles are produced here which allows simpler data structures and makes the scheme easy to implement.     

A Colour Interpolation Scheme for Topologically Unrestricted Gradient Meshes

Gradient meshes are a 2D vector graphics primitive where colour is interpolated between mesh vertices. The current implementations of gradient meshes are restricted to rectangular mesh topology. Our new interpolation method relaxes this restriction by supporting arbitrary manifold topology of the input gradient mesh. Our method is based on the Catmull‐Clark subdivision scheme, which is well‐known to support arbitrary mesh topology in 3D. We adapt this scheme to support gradient mesh colour interpolation, adding extensions to handle interpolation of colours of the control points, interpolation only inside the given colour space and emulation of gradient constraints seen in related closed‐form solutions. These extensions make subdivision a viable option for interpolating arbitrary‐topology gradient meshes for 2D vector graphics.     

A new fast normal-based interpolating subdivision scheme by cubic Bézier curves

In this paper, we propose a new fast normal-based interpolating subdivision scheme for curve and surface design. Different from the 4-points interpolating subdivision scheme, it is based on cubic Bezier curves and the normal vectors are used to generate a circle. Both a convex edge and an inflexion edge can be subdivided into convex sub-edges and then generate smooth curves. Under proper angle conditions, this subdivision scheme converges and the limit curve will be \(\hbox {G}^{1}\) smoothness. When applying it to subdivide surface on triangle/quadrilateral meshes, we use the normal vectors and have no need to consider the meshes neighboring to the current surface elements. Such advantage leads to that the subdivision scheme has fast rendering speed without changing the topology of the meshes. Subdivision examples and results by our scheme are illustrated and meantime is compared with those generated by other well-known schemes. It shows that this scheme can generate a more smooth curve based on both a convex edge and an inflexion edge, and the limit surface has better smoothness than those of other interpolating schemes.     

Conjugate-Gradient Progressive-Iterative Approximation for Loop and Catmull-Clark Subdivision Surface Interpolation

Loop and Catmull-Clark are the most famous approximation subdivision schemes, but their limit surfaces do not interpolate the vertices of the given mesh. Progressive-iterative approximation (PIA) is an efficient method for data interpolation and has a wide range of applications in many fields such as subdivision surface fitting, parametric curve and surface fitting among others. However, the convergence rate of classical PIA is slow. In this paper, we present a new and fast PIA format for constructing interpolation subdivision surface that interpolates the vertices of a mesh with arbitrary topology. The proposed method, named Conjugate-Gradient Progressive-Iterative Approximation (CG-PIA), is based on the Conjugate-Gradient Iterative algorithm and the Progressive Iterative Approximation (PIA) algorithm. The method is presented using Loop and Catmull-Clark subdivision surfaces. CG-PIA preserves the features of the classical PIA method, such as the advantages of both the local and global scheme and resemblance with the given mesh. Moreover, CG-PIA has the following features. 1) It has a faster convergence rate compared with the classical PIA and W-PIA. 2) CG-PIA avoids the selection of weights compared with W-PIA. 3) CG-PIA does not need to modify the subdivision schemes compared with other methods with fairness measure. Numerous examples for Loop and Catmull-Clark subdivision surfaces are provided in this paper to demonstrate the efficiency and effectiveness of CG-PIA.     

Similarity based interpolation using Catmull–Clark subdivision surfaces

A new method for constructing a Catmull–Clark subdivision surface (CCSS) that interpolates the vertices of a given mesh with arbitrary topology is presented. The new method handles both open and closed meshes. Normals or derivatives specified at any vertices of the mesh (which can actually be anywhere) can also be interpolated. The construction process is based on the assumption that, in addition to interpolating the vertices of the given mesh, the interpolating surface is also similar to the limit surface of the given mesh. Therefore, construction of the interpolating surface can use information from the given mesh as well as its limit surface. This approach, called similarity based interpolation, gives us more control on the smoothness of the interpolating surface and, consequently, avoids the need of shape fairing in the construction of the interpolating surface. The computation of the interpolating surface’s control mesh follows a new approach, which does not require the resulting global linear system to be solvable. An approximate solution provided by any fast iterative linear system solver is sufficient. Nevertheless, interpolation of the given mesh is guaranteed. This is an important improvement over previous methods because with these features, the new method can handle meshes with large number of vertices efficiently. Although the new method is presented for CCSSs, the concept of similarity based interpolation can be used for other subdivision surfaces as well.     

Interpolatory,solid subdivision of unstructured hexahedral meshes

This paper presents a new, volumetric subdivision scheme for interpolation of arbitrary hexahedral meshes. To date, nearly every existing volumetric subdivision scheme is approximating, i.e., with each application of the subdivision algorithm, the geometry shrinks away from its control mesh. Often, an approximating algorithm is undesirable and inappropriate, producing unsatisfactory results for certain applications in solid modeling and engineering design (e.g., finite element meshing). We address this lack of smooth, interpolatory subdivision algorithms by devising a new scheme founded upon the concept of tri-cubic Lagrange interpolating polynomials. We show that our algorithm is a natural generalization of the butterfly subdivision surface scheme to a tri-variate, volumetric setting.     

非平均化自适应Catmull-Clark细分算法

提出一种基于网格边的光滑度计算来进行Catmull-Clark自适应细分的新算法。该方法能够在满足显示需求的前提下较好地减小细分曲面过程中的网格生成数,同时解决了由于采用网格顶点曲率计算,来实现自适应细分方法中平均化生成顶点曲率带来的不足。通过对比试验,算法能更好地区别当前细分网格中光滑与非光滑区域,增加对非光滑区域网格加密密度,并且该算法能够普遍适用于较复杂的细分模式中,具有一定的推广价值。     

Filling N-Sided Regions by Quad Meshes for Subdivision Surfaces

Given an n-sided region bounded by a loop of n polylines, we present a general algorithm to fill such a region by a quad mesh suitable for a subdivision scheme. Typically, the approach consists of two phases: the topological phase and the geometrical phase. In the first part, the connectivity of the mesh is based on determining a partitioning of the region into rectangular subregions across which regular grid could be constructed. The geometrical phase generalizes discrete Coon's patches to position the vertices in the 3D space. The generated mesh could be taken as input to any quad-based subdivision scheme, such as that of Catmull–Clark or Doo–Sabin to generate the corresponding limit surface. The goal of the algorithm is to generate smooth meshes with minimum number and less valence of extraordinary vertices deemed undesirable in such subdivision schemes.     

Surface modeling with ternary interpolating subdivision

In this paper, a new interpolatory subdivision scheme, called ternary interpolating subdivision, for quadrilateral meshes with arbitrary topology is presented. It can be used to deal with not only extraordinary faces but also extraordinary vertices in polyhedral meshes of arbitrary topologies. It is shown that the ternary interpolating subdivision can generate a C¹-continuous interpolatory surface. Some applications with open boundaries and curves to be interpolated are also discussed.     

Loop Subdivision Surface Based Progressive Interpolation

A new method for constructing interpolating Loop subdivision surfaces is presented. The new method is an extension of the progressive interpolation technique for B-splines. Given a triangular mesh M, the idea is to iteratively upgrade the vertices of M to generate a new control mesh M such that limit surface of M would interpolate M. It can be shown that the iterative process is convergent for Loop subdivision surfaces. Hence, the method is well-defined. The new method has the advantages of both a local ...     

Polynomial surfaces interpolating arbitrary triangulations

Triangular Bezier patches are an important tool for defining smooth surfaces over arbitrary triangular meshes. The previously introduced 4-split method interpolates the vertices of a 2-manifold triangle mesh by a set of tangent plane continuous triangular Bezier patches of degree five. The resulting surface has an explicit closed form representation and is defined locally. In this paper, we introduce a new method for visually smooth interpolation of arbitrary triangle meshes based on a regular 4-split of the domain triangles. Ensuring tangent plane continuity of the surface is not enough for producing an overall fair shape. Interpolation of irregular control-polygons, be that in 1D or in 2D, often yields unwanted undulations. Note that this undulation problem is not particular to parametric interpolation, but also occurs with interpolatory subdivision surfaces. Our new method avoids unwanted undulations by relaxing the constraint of the first derivatives at the input mesh vertices: The tangent directions of the boundary curves at the mesh vertices are now completely free. Irregular triangulations can be handled much better in the sense that unwanted undulations due to flat triangles in the mesh are now avoided.