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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Efficiently using connectivity information between triangles in a mesh for real-time rendering

Marcos FernándezMiguel ChoverInmaculada RemolarOscar BelmonteJosé Ribelles

subject

Computer Networks and CommunicationsComputer scienceComputer Science::Computational GeometryReal-time renderingVisualizationRendering (computer graphics)Computer Science::GraphicsHardware and ArchitectureComputer graphics (images)Triangle meshPolygonPolygon meshGraphicsInteractive visualizationSoftwareLevel of detailComputingMethodologies_COMPUTERGRAPHICS

description

Triangle meshes are the most popular standard model used to represent polygonal surfaces. Drawing these meshes as a set of independent triangles involves sending a vast amount of information to the graphics system. Taking advantage of the connectivity information between the triangles in a mesh dramatically diminishes the amount of information the graphics system must handle. Multiresolution Triangle Strips (MTS) represent a triangle mesh as a collection of multiresolution triangles strips. These strips are the basis of both the storage and the rendering stage. The coherence between the extraction of two levels of detail is used in the model in order to decrease the visualisation time.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2004-11-01Future Generation Computer Systems
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.future.2004.05.028