Navigating and Browsing 3D Models in 3DLIB
Hesham F. Anan, Kurt J. Maly, Mohammad Zubair · 2003
Traditional digital libraries have proved to work well with one-dimensional data such as reports and two-dimensional data such as images. However, handling three-dimensional (3D) data in digital libraries is relatively new and faces many challenges such as: efficient storage, fast retrieval, and a user-friendly search and discovery process. We have previously developed a prototype for a digital library framework for 3D models (3DLIB) that supports compressed storage, along with progressive retrieval of 3D models. In addition, the prototype supports search and discovery services that are tuned for 3-D models. In this paper we introduce a new service to browse large number of 3D models based on their shapes. For this we develop a clustering algorithm based on a similarity measure to group similar models. We present results of using our browsing scheme on a test bed digital library. 1