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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2008
Tony Derose, San Rafael, CA (US);
Mark Meyer, San Francisco, CA (US);
Tom Sanocki, Berkeley, CA (US);
Brian Green, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Tony DeRose, San Rafael, CA (US);
Mark Meyer, San Francisco, CA (US);
Tom Sanocki, Berkeley, CA (US);
Brian Green, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Pixar, Emeryville, CA (US);
Abstract
Mesh data and other proximity information from the mesh of one model can be transferred to the mesh of another model, even with different topology and geometry. A correspondence can be created for transferring or sharing information between points of a source mesh and points of a destination mesh. Information can be 'pushed through' the correspondence to share or otherwise transfer data from one mesh to its designated location at another mesh. Correspondences can be authored on a source mesh by drawing or placing one or more geometric primitives (e.g., points, lines, curves, volumes, etc.) at the source mesh and corresponding geometric primitives at the destination mesh. A collection of 'feature curves' may be placed to partition the source and destination meshes into a collection of “feature regions” resulting in partitions or “feature curve networks” for constructing correspondences between all points of one mesh and all points of another mesh.