Questions tagged [computational-geometry]
Computational geometry is the study of solving geometric problems using efficient algorithms and data structures, often in real time.
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Image-Space coherence of the z-buffer algorithm
I'm reading Hierarchical z-Buffer Visibility by Ned Greene et al. and they state that
traditional Z buffering makes reasonably good use of image-space coherence in the course of scan conversion.
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Unprojeting a line on the screen
I have a line connecting two points of my model. I see a projection of this line on my screen and a want to map a point of that projection to the corresponding point in my model PoV.
Let ...
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Find optimal placement for label/sticker on a simple polygon with holes
I'm working on a real-time archviz renderer and I need to place a label/sticker/decal on walls, which have openings. So one way to think about this is a simple (possibly concave) polygon with holes. ...
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Detect walls in geometry
Is it possible to automatically detect walls in polygon soup?
Of course it's hard to strictly define what a wall is, my slightly vague definition would be:
A wall is a largest possible box (not ...
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Algorithm for Circle with fixed radius to cover most points
I'm in need of an algorithm to find the best spot for a circle with a fixed radius r to cover as many points as possible on a 2D grid, preferably O(n).
Currently I tried 2 different approaches:
The ...
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What are perimeter and aspect ratio, in the context of 3D mesh approximate convex decomposition?
I'm trying to understand the logic behind Mamou and Ghorbel's algorithm in their paper A Simple And Efficient Approach For 3D Mesh Approximate Convex Decomposition.
I cannot understand what is the ...
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Decompose a Mesh so that each piece can be watched by a Guard inside the piece
The title pretty much explains it but I'm gonna go into more details.
We have 3D mesh object and we want to decompose it into separate objects so that each one of these objects can be seen completely ...
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Integer ops only 3D triangle-triangle collision detection
I've a need for 3D triangle-triangle collision detection using integer math only. Unfortunately, I'm not in a position where I can use 64-bit integers (only 32-bit) and my vertex values can be larger ...
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Generate complex (non-convex) polyhedron UV mapping
I need to find an approach to the problem of generating texture maps for non-convex polyhedrons without using a design tool like Maya. Specifically, I am mapping simulation results data onto a 3D ...
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how to turn (or solidify) water or fuild into solid material (Renderring Effect)
i want to implement an effect like this. for example, let's assume the clay are made of particles. liquids of clay flows for a while, then it becomes dry and rest.finally those particles becomes only ...
