New mesh simplification algorithm based on edge collapse
Bin Yang · Computer Engineering and Applications Journal · 2013
Based on edge collapse, this paper proposes a novel mesh simplification algorithm. The algorithm uses the square of volume change measure of the models as an improved error metrics to guide the decimation process, and embeds a new normal constraint factor of triangles into the edge-collapse error matrix. The algorithm can control local triangle density of the resulted models adaptively, as well as reserve model shape features of the original models. The experimental results show that the algorithm can create better simplificated models with lower simplification error than the existed algorithms.