The Storage Independent Polygonal Mesh Simplification System

摘要

Traditional simplification algorithms operate either in the main memory or in the disk space. In this paper, we propose a novel storage independent polygonal mesh simplification system (SIPMSS). The new system offers an advanced memory utilization scheme and efficient storage-independent primitives that achieve constant main memory footprint and excellent runtime efficiency. It not only provides a very flexible platform for both in-core and out-of-core simplification algorithms but also permits very efficient integration of various types of simplification algorithms. The results presented in the section of experiments further approve its effectiveness and usefulness for both in-core and out-of-core of simplification.