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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2016
Environmental Systems Research Institute, Redlands, CA (US);
Markus Lipp, Zurich, CH;
Pascal Mueller, Zurich, CH;
ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Redlands, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention include a method inserting a new face in a polygonal mesh comprising receiving an input corresponding to: a polygonal mesh having a plurality of faces, a selection of a face (f) of the plurality of faces, a direction vector (d), a modified target plane (p), and a threshold angle θ. For each edge (e) of the selected face fm, the method further includes determining each adjacent face (f) to selected face fm, and inserting a new face at edge e if no adjacent face exists or if fis substantially parallel to pand within threshold θ. In some embodiments, the new face has a normal orthogonal to e and d.