Tessellating Freeform Surfaces with Boundary – Driven Analysis
Tsung‐Hsien Wang · Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia · 2013
In this paper, we look at the surface tessellation problem, in particular, the problem of meshing a surface with the added consideration of incorporating constructible building components. When a surface is tessellated into discrete counterparts, certain conditions usually occur on the surface boundaries that are caused by trimming operations; for example, irregularly shaped panels at the trimmed edges. We present an algorithmic approach to tessellating quad-dominant mesh surfaces to deal with such irregular boundary conditions, and demonstrate its application through surface subdivision examples.Â