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Simple Methods to Represent Shapes with Sample Spheres

Graphics 2020-12-04 v1

Abstract

Representing complex shapes with simple primitives in high accuracy is important for a variety of applications in computer graphics and geometry processing. Existing solutions may produce suboptimal samples or are complex to implement. We present methods to approximate given shapes with user-tunable number of spheres to balance between accuracy and simplicity: touching medial/scale-axis polar balls and k-means smallest enclosing circles. Our methods are easy to implement, run efficiently, and can approach quality similar to manual construction.

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@article{arxiv.2012.02135,
  title  = {Simple Methods to Represent Shapes with Sample Spheres},
  author = {Li-Yi Wei and Arjun V Anand and Shally Kumar and Tarun Beri},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2012.02135},
  year   = {2020}
}

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SIGGRAPH Asia 2020 Technical Communications

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