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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2024
Autodesk, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Jesus Rodriguez, Farmington, MI (US);
Siavash Navadeh Meshkat, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Autodesk, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including medium-encoded computer program products, for detecting self-intersections of a surface mesh, include: obtaining (i) a surface mesh including vertices and edges that define triangles that approximate a surface of a three-dimensional model of a three-dimensional object, and (ii) a Delaunay diagram of the vertices of the surface mesh, wherein the Delaunay diagram includes a volumetric mesh including tetrahedrons having vertices at the vertices of the surface mesh; determining, using the Delaunay diagram, data indicating at least one intersection among the triangles of the surface mesh; and causing a refinement of the surface mesh based on the data indicating the at least one intersection, wherein the refinement removes the at least one intersection among the triangles of the surface mesh.