Piecewise smooth surface reconstruction

We present a general method for automatic reconstruction of accurate, concise, piecewise smooth surface models from scattered range data. The method can be used in a variety of applications such as reverse engineering -- the automatic generation of CAD models from physical objects. Novel aspects of the method are its ability to model surfaces of arbitrary topological type and to recover sharp features such as creases and corners. The method has proven to be effective, as demonstrated by a number of examples using both simulated and real data. A key ingredient in the method, and a principal contribution of

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1994
• Where: SIGGRAPH
• Authors: Hugues Hoppe, Tony DeRose, Tom Duchamp, Mark A. Halstead, Hubert Jin, John Alan McDonald, Jean Schweitzer, Werner Stuetzle
• Keywords: Computer Graphics, General Method, Scattered Range Data, SIGGRAPH 1994, Smooth Surface Models