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Feature-preserving surface mesh smoothing via suboptimal Delaunay triangulation.

Zhanheng Gao¹, Zeyun Yu, Michael Holst

¹College of Computer Science and Technology, Jilin University, China ; Department of Computer Science, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, USA.

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|April 13, 2013

Summary

This study introduces a new surface mesh smoothing method to enhance angle quality and reduce noise. The technique improves mesh accuracy and preserves sharp features efficiently.

Keywords:

Feature-preserving Mesh quality improvement Optimal Delaunay triangulation Surface mesh denoising

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Area of Science:

Computer Graphics
Computational Geometry
Numerical Analysis

Background:

Surface meshes are crucial in various fields, but their quality (e.g., angle quality) can degrade.
Existing methods for mesh smoothing may be computationally expensive or compromise feature preservation.

Purpose of the Study:

To present a novel method for triangular surface mesh smoothing.
To improve mesh angle quality and reduce noise while preserving sharp features.

Main Methods:

Extending optimal Delaunay triangulation (ODT) to surface meshes.
Solving a quadratic optimization problem to minimize interpolation error.
Deriving a suboptimal problem for a faster, accurate solution.

Main Results:

The method significantly improves angle quality of surface meshes.
It effectively removes noise without losing sharp features like edges and corners.
The suboptimal approach offers a fast and accurate alternative to the optimal solution.

Conclusions:

The proposed mesh smoothing technique enhances both quality and feature preservation.
It provides an efficient and accurate solution for surface mesh processing.
The method demonstrates strong performance across various experimental tests.