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  • Computational Science and Engineering
  • Scientific Visualization
  • Computer Graphics

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  • Finite element (FE) models are crucial in engineering and life sciences but present visualization challenges due to non-uniform grids and complex element definitions.
  • Traditional ray-casting methods struggle with the computational cost of transforming sample points from world to material space for FE models, hindering interactive exploration.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a novel coherency-based method for interactive exploration of finite element models.
  • To decouple the computationally intensive world-to-material space transformation from the rendering stage for improved performance.

Main Methods:

  • Introduced a coherency-based approach to precompute view-independent proxy rays in material space.
  • Implemented data reduction through clustering of proxy rays.
  • Developed an interactive rendering algorithm that accesses precomputed proxy rays during rendering.

Main Results:

  • Achieved interactive frame rates for visualizing high-order finite element models, including time-varying and multi-modal data.
  • Successfully decoupled the transformation stage, allowing it to be performed during precomputation.
  • Demonstrated visual results and analyzed the introduced error of the approach.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed method enables interactive visual analysis of complex finite element models at unprecedented speeds.
  • Decoupling the transformation process is key to achieving interactive performance for high-order FE model visualization.
  • The approach is suitable for dynamic and multi-modal FE datasets, advancing scientific exploration.