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Generalized View-Dependent Simplification

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Generalized View-Dependent Simplification
We propose a technique for performing view-dependent geometry and topology simplifications for level-of-detailbased renderings of large models. The algorithm proceeds by preprocessing the input dataset into a binary tree, the view-dependence tree of general vertex-pair collapses. A subset of the Delaunay edges is used to limit the number of vertex pairs considered for topology simplification. Dependencies to avoid mesh foldovers in manifold regions of the input object are stored in the view-dependence tree in an implicit fashion. We have observed that this not only reduces the space requirements by a factor of two, it also highly localizes the memory accesses at run time. The view-dependence tree is used at run time to generate the triangles for display. We also propose a cubic-spline-based distance metric that can be used to unify the geometry and topology simplifications by considering the vertex positions and normals in an integrated manner.
Jihad El-Sana, Amitabh Varshney
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Type Journal
Year 1999
Where CGF
Authors Jihad El-Sana, Amitabh Varshney
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