A new contour reconstruction approach from dexel data in virtual sculpting

Yuksek K., Zhang W., Ridzalski B. I., Leu M. C.

3rd International Conference on Geometric Modeling and Imaging (GMAI 08), London, Canada, 9 - 11 July 2008, pp.82-83 identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Conference Paper / Full Text
  • Doi Number: 10.1109/gmai.2008.27
  • City: London
  • Country: Canada
  • Page Numbers: pp.82-83
  • Istanbul Kültür University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

This paper presents a novel method of contour reconstruction from dexel data solving the shape anomalies for the complex geometry in virtual sculpting. Grouping and traversing processes are developed to find connectivity between dexels along every two adjacent rays. After traveling through all the rays on one slice, sub-boundaries are connected into full boundaries which are desired contours. The complexity of the new method has been investigated and determined as O(n). We also demonstrate the ability of the described method for viewing a sculpted model from different directions.