Simple Manifolds for Surface Modeling and Parameterization

Spherical, toroidal, and cylindrical manifolds, We present a surface modeling technique using manifolds. Our approach uses a single, simple parameterization for all surfaces of a given genus. This differs from previous approaches which build a parameterization based on the elements of a mesh. The simple parameterization is more appropriate for applications that do complex operations in parameter space or on the mesh surface. We define a manifold and a corresponding embedding function for three genera (plane, sphere, and torus). The manifold can be used simply as a parameterization tool or as a smooth surface approximating the original mesh. We demonstrate how to build a correspondence between the mesh and the manifold, then how to build an embedding that approximates the mesh. Surface modeling, parameterization

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authors: Cindy Grimm

Authors: Cindy Grimm
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