Zeta is a prototypal Resolution Modeling system.
Zeta supports the construction of variable resolution models out of a
multiresolution mesh represented adopting the hypertriangulation scheme.
Zeta supports:
The Zeta prototype is available in public domain. The sw has been compiled for SGI workstations running Irix 6.2.
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Abstract
Very large graphics models are common in a number of applications, and
many different simplification methods have been recently developed. Some of them support
the construction of multiresolution representations of the input meshes. On the basis of
these innovative techniques, we foresee a modeling framework based on three separate
stages (shape modeling, multiresolution encoding and resolution modeling), and propose a
new approach to the last stage, resolution modeling, which is highly general,
user-driven and not strictly tied to a particular simplification method.
The approach proposed is based on a multiresolution representation scheme for
triangulated, 2-manifold meshes, the Hypertriangulation Model (HyT). This scheme
allows to selectively "walk" along the multiresolution surface, moving between
adjacent faces efficiently. A prototypal resolution modeling system, Zeta,
has been implemented to allow interactive modeling of surface details and evaluated on
several practical models. It supports: efficient extraction of fixed resolution
representations; unified management of selective refinement and selective simplification;
easy composition of the selective refinement/simplification actions, with no cracks in the
variable resolution mesh produced; multiresolution editing; interactive response times.