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Computer Graphics and Applications, 12th Pacific Conference on (PG'04)
Dual Marching Cubes: Primal Contouring of Dual Grids
Seoul, Korea
October 06-October 08
ISBN: 0-7695-2234-3
Scott Schaefer, Rice University, Houston, TX
Joe Warren, Rice University, Houston, TX
We present a method for contouring an implicit function using a grid topologically dual to structured grids such as octrees. By aligning the vertices of the dual grid with the features of the implicit function, we are able to reproduce thin features of the extracted surface without excessive sub-division required by methods such as Marching Cubes or Dual Contouring. Dual Marching Cubes produces a crack-free, adaptive polygonalization of the surface that reproduces sharp features. Our approach maintains the advantage of using structured grids for operations such as CSG while being able to conform to the relevant features of the implicit function yielding much sparser polygonalizations than has been possible using structured grids.
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Scott Schaefer, Joe Warren, "Dual Marching Cubes: Primal Contouring of Dual Grids," pg, pp.70-76, Computer Graphics and Applications, 12th Pacific Conference on (PG'04), 2004
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