CGAL::Variational_shape_approximation< TriangleMesh, VertexPointMap, ErrorMetricProxy, GeomTraits, Concurrency_tag > Class Template Reference

#include <CGAL/Variational_shape_approximation.h>

Definition

template<typename TriangleMesh, typename VertexPointMap, typename ErrorMetricProxy = CGAL::Default, typename GeomTraits = CGAL::Default, typename Concurrency_tag = CGAL::Sequential_tag>
class CGAL::Variational_shape_approximation< TriangleMesh, VertexPointMap, ErrorMetricProxy, GeomTraits, Concurrency_tag >

Main class for Variational Shape Approximation algorithm.

It is based on [1]. For simple use cases, the function CGAL::Surface_mesh_approximation::approximate_mesh() might be sufficient.

Template Parameters

TriangleMesh	a model of FaceListGraph
VertexPointMap	a ReadablePropertyMap with boost::graph_traits<TriangleMesh>::vertex_descriptor as key and GeomTraits::Point_3 as value type
ErrorMetricProxy	a model of ErrorMetricProxy
GeomTraits	a model of Kernel
Concurrency_tag	concurrency tag.

Examples

Surface_mesh_approximation/vsa_class_interface_example.cpp, and Surface_mesh_approximation/vsa_isotropic_metric_example.cpp.

Types
typedef GeomTraits	Geom_traits
	Geometric traits type.
typedef ErrorMetricProxy	Error_metric
	Error metric for proxy fitting type.
typedef Error_metric::Proxy	Proxy
	Proxy type.
typedef std::array< std::size_t, 3 >	Indexed_triangle
	Indexed triangle type.

Construction
	Variational_shape_approximation (const TriangleMesh &tm, const VertexPointMap &vpoint_map, const Error_metric &error_metric)
	initializes internal data for the approximation.

Approximation
template<typename NamedParameters >
std::size_t	initialize_seeds (const NamedParameters &np)
	initializes the seeds with both maximum number of proxies and minimum error drop stop criteria.
FT	run (std::size_t nb_iterations=1)
	runs the partitioning and fitting processes on the whole surface.
bool	run_to_convergence (const FT cvg_threshold, const std::size_t max_iterations=100, std::size_t avg_interval=3)
	calls run while error decrease is greater than cvg_threshold.
FT	compute_total_error ()
	computes fitting error of current partition to the proxies.
std::size_t	add_to_furthest_proxies (const std::size_t nb_proxies, const std::size_t nb_iterations=5)
	adds proxies to the worst regions one by one.
std::size_t	add_proxies_error_diffusion (const std::size_t nb_proxies)
	adds proxies by diffusing fitting error into current partition.

Refinement Operations
std::size_t	teleport_proxies (const std::size_t nb_proxies, const std::size_t nb_iterations=5, const bool no_threshold_test=false)
	teleports the local minimum to the worst region by combining the merging and adding processes.
FT	merge (const std::size_t px0, const std::size_t px1)
	merges two specified adjacent regions.
boost::optional< std::pair< std::size_t, std::size_t > >	find_best_merge (const bool use_threshold_test)
	simulates merging and local re-fitting of all pairs of adjacent proxies and finds the best pair to merge.
bool	split (const std::size_t px_idx, const std::size_t n=2, const std::size_t nb_relaxations=10)
	splits within a specified proxy area via N-section (by default bisection), other regions are not affected.

Meshing
template<typename NamedParameters >
bool	extract_mesh (const NamedParameters &np)
	extracts the output mesh in the form of an indexed triangle set.

Output
template<typename NamedParameters >
void	output (const NamedParameters &np) const
	outputs approximation results.
std::size_t	number_of_proxies () const
	returns the number of proxies.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Variational_shape_approximation()

template<typename TriangleMesh , typename VertexPointMap , typename ErrorMetricProxy = CGAL::Default, typename GeomTraits = CGAL::Default, typename Concurrency_tag = CGAL::Sequential_tag>

CGAL::Variational_shape_approximation< TriangleMesh, VertexPointMap, ErrorMetricProxy, GeomTraits, Concurrency_tag >::Variational_shape_approximation	(	const TriangleMesh &	tm,
		const VertexPointMap &	vpoint_map,
		const Error_metric &	error_metric
	)

initializes internal data for the approximation.

Parameters

tm	CGAL TriangleMesh on which approximation operates
vpoint_map	vertex point map of the mesh
error_metric	an ErrorMetricProxy object

Member Function Documentation

add_proxies_error_diffusion()

template<typename TriangleMesh , typename VertexPointMap , typename ErrorMetricProxy = CGAL::Default, typename GeomTraits = CGAL::Default, typename Concurrency_tag = CGAL::Sequential_tag>

std::size_t CGAL::Variational_shape_approximation< TriangleMesh, VertexPointMap, ErrorMetricProxy, GeomTraits, Concurrency_tag >::add_proxies_error_diffusion

(

const std::size_t

nb_proxies

)

adds proxies by diffusing fitting error into current partition.

Each partition is added with the number of proxies in proportion to its fitting error.

Parameters

nb_proxies

number of proxies to be added

Returns

number of proxies successfully added

add_to_furthest_proxies()

template<typename TriangleMesh , typename VertexPointMap , typename ErrorMetricProxy = CGAL::Default, typename GeomTraits = CGAL::Default, typename Concurrency_tag = CGAL::Sequential_tag>

std::size_t CGAL::Variational_shape_approximation< TriangleMesh, VertexPointMap, ErrorMetricProxy, GeomTraits, Concurrency_tag >::add_to_furthest_proxies	(	const std::size_t	nb_proxies,
		const std::size_t	nb_iterations = 5
	)

adds proxies to the worst regions one by one.

The re-fitting is performed after each proxy is inserted.

Parameters

nb_proxies	number of proxies to be added
nb_iterations	number of re-fitting iterations

Returns

number of proxies added

compute_total_error()

template<typename TriangleMesh , typename VertexPointMap , typename ErrorMetricProxy = CGAL::Default, typename GeomTraits = CGAL::Default, typename Concurrency_tag = CGAL::Sequential_tag>

FT CGAL::Variational_shape_approximation< TriangleMesh, VertexPointMap, ErrorMetricProxy, GeomTraits, Concurrency_tag >::compute_total_error

(

)

computes fitting error of current partition to the proxies.

Returns

total fitting error

extract_mesh()

template<typename TriangleMesh , typename VertexPointMap , typename ErrorMetricProxy = CGAL::Default, typename GeomTraits = CGAL::Default, typename Concurrency_tag = CGAL::Sequential_tag>

template<typename NamedParameters >

bool CGAL::Variational_shape_approximation< TriangleMesh, VertexPointMap, ErrorMetricProxy, GeomTraits, Concurrency_tag >::extract_mesh

(

const NamedParameters &

np

)

extracts the output mesh in the form of an indexed triangle set.

Template Parameters

NamedParameters

a sequence of Named Parameters

Parameters

np	an optional sequence of Named Parameters among the ones listed below

Returns

true if the extracted surface mesh is manifold, and false otherwise.

Meshing Named Parameters

subdivision_ratio the chord subdivision ratio threshold to the chord length or average edge length Type: geom_traits::FT Default: 5.0
relative_to_chord If true, the subdivision_ratio is the ratio of the furthest vertex distance to the chord length, otherwise is the average edge length Type: Boolean Default: false
with_dihedral_angle If true, the subdivision_ratio is weighted by dihedral angle Type: Boolean Default: false
optimize_anchor_location If true, optimize the anchor locations Type: Boolean Default: true
pca_plane If true, use PCA plane fitting, otherwise use the default area averaged plane parameters Type: Boolean Default: false

find_best_merge()

template<typename TriangleMesh , typename VertexPointMap , typename ErrorMetricProxy = CGAL::Default, typename GeomTraits = CGAL::Default, typename Concurrency_tag = CGAL::Sequential_tag>

boost::optional< std::pair< std::size_t, std::size_t > > CGAL::Variational_shape_approximation< TriangleMesh, VertexPointMap, ErrorMetricProxy, GeomTraits, Concurrency_tag >::find_best_merge

(

const bool

use_threshold_test

)

simulates merging and local re-fitting of all pairs of adjacent proxies and finds the best pair to merge.

Note

The best is defined as the minimum merged sum error change (increase or decrease) among all pairs.

Parameters

use_threshold_test

if true and a best pair of proxies is found, it is returned only if the error change after the merge is lower than the half of the maximum proxy error.

Returns

if the best merge pair is found the optional returned contains the proxy indices, and is empty otherwise.

initialize_seeds()

template<typename TriangleMesh , typename VertexPointMap , typename ErrorMetricProxy = CGAL::Default, typename GeomTraits = CGAL::Default, typename Concurrency_tag = CGAL::Sequential_tag>

template<typename NamedParameters >

std::size_t CGAL::Variational_shape_approximation< TriangleMesh, VertexPointMap, ErrorMetricProxy, GeomTraits, Concurrency_tag >::initialize_seeds

(

const NamedParameters &

np

)

initializes the seeds with both maximum number of proxies and minimum error drop stop criteria.

The first criterion met stops the seeding. Parameters out of range are ignored.

Template Parameters

NamedParameters

a sequence of Named Parameters

Parameters

np	an optional sequence of Named Parameters among the ones listed below

Returns

number of proxies initialized

Seeding Named Parameters

seeding_method the selection of seeding method Type: CGAL::Surface_mesh_approximation::Seeding_method Default: CGAL::Surface_mesh_approximation::HIERARCHICAL
max_number_of_proxies the maximum number of proxies used to approximate the input mesh Type: std::size_t Default: num_faces(tm) / 3, used when min_error_drop is also not provided
min_error_drop the minimum error drop of the approximation, expressed as the ratio between two iterations of proxy addition Type: geom_traits::FT Default: 0.1, used when max_number_of_proxies is also not provided
number_of_relaxations the number of relaxation iterations interleaved within seeding Type: std::size_t Default: 5

merge()

template<typename TriangleMesh , typename VertexPointMap , typename ErrorMetricProxy = CGAL::Default, typename GeomTraits = CGAL::Default, typename Concurrency_tag = CGAL::Sequential_tag>

FT CGAL::Variational_shape_approximation< TriangleMesh, VertexPointMap, ErrorMetricProxy, GeomTraits, Concurrency_tag >::merge	(	const std::size_t	px0,
		const std::size_t	px1
	)

merges two specified adjacent regions.

The overall re-fitting is not performed and the proxy index map is maintained.

Precondition

two proxies must be adjacent, and 0 <= px0 < px1 < proxies.size()

Parameters

px0	the kept proxy index
px1	the merged and erased proxy index, proxies with greater indeies are decreased by 1 to fill the gap

Returns

change of error

output()

template<typename TriangleMesh , typename VertexPointMap , typename ErrorMetricProxy = CGAL::Default, typename GeomTraits = CGAL::Default, typename Concurrency_tag = CGAL::Sequential_tag>

template<typename NamedParameters >

void CGAL::Variational_shape_approximation< TriangleMesh, VertexPointMap, ErrorMetricProxy, GeomTraits, Concurrency_tag >::output

(

const NamedParameters &

np

)

const

outputs approximation results.

Template Parameters

NamedParameters

a sequence of Named Parameters

Parameters

np	an optional sequence of Named Parameters among the ones listed below

Output Named Parameters

face_proxy_map a property map to output the proxy index of each face of the input polygon mesh Type: a model of WritablePropertyMap with boost::graph_traits<TriangleMesh>::face_descriptor as key and std::size_t as value type Default: no output operation is performed Extra: A proxy is a set of connected faces which are placed under the same proxy patch (see Figure 76.3) Extra: The proxy-ids are contiguous in range [0, number_of_proxies - 1]
proxies an OutputIterator to put proxies in Type: a class model of OutputIterator with CGAL::Surface_mesh_approximation::L21_metric_vector_proxy_no_area_weighting::Proxy value type Default: no output operation is performed
anchors an OutputIterator to put anchor points in Type: a class model of OutputIterator with geom_traits::Point_3 value type Default: no output operation is performed
triangles an OutputIterator to put indexed triangles in Type: a class model of OutputIterator with std::array<std::size_t, 3> value type Default: no output operation is performed

run()

template<typename TriangleMesh , typename VertexPointMap , typename ErrorMetricProxy = CGAL::Default, typename GeomTraits = CGAL::Default, typename Concurrency_tag = CGAL::Sequential_tag>

FT CGAL::Variational_shape_approximation< TriangleMesh, VertexPointMap, ErrorMetricProxy, GeomTraits, Concurrency_tag >::run

(

std::size_t

nb_iterations = 1

)

runs the partitioning and fitting processes on the whole surface.

Parameters

nb_iterations

number of iterations.

Returns

total fitting error

run_to_convergence()

template<typename TriangleMesh , typename VertexPointMap , typename ErrorMetricProxy = CGAL::Default, typename GeomTraits = CGAL::Default, typename Concurrency_tag = CGAL::Sequential_tag>

bool CGAL::Variational_shape_approximation< TriangleMesh, VertexPointMap, ErrorMetricProxy, GeomTraits, Concurrency_tag >::run_to_convergence	(	const FT	cvg_threshold,
		const std::size_t	max_iterations = 100,
		std::size_t	avg_interval = 3
	)

calls run while error decrease is greater than cvg_threshold.

Parameters

cvg_threshold	the percentage of error change between two successive runs, should be in range (0, 1).
max_iterations	maximum number of iterations allowed
avg_interval	size of error average interval to have smoother convergence curve, if 0 is assigned, 1 is used instead.

Returns

true if converged before hitting the maximum iterations.

split()

template<typename TriangleMesh , typename VertexPointMap , typename ErrorMetricProxy = CGAL::Default, typename GeomTraits = CGAL::Default, typename Concurrency_tag = CGAL::Sequential_tag>

bool CGAL::Variational_shape_approximation< TriangleMesh, VertexPointMap, ErrorMetricProxy, GeomTraits, Concurrency_tag >::split	(	const std::size_t	px_idx,
		const std::size_t	n = 2,
		const std::size_t	nb_relaxations = 10
	)

splits within a specified proxy area via N-section (by default bisection), other regions are not affected.

Parameters

px_idx	proxy index.
n	number of split sections.
nb_relaxations	number of relaxations within the proxy area px_idx after the split

Returns

true if split succeeds, and false otherwise.

teleport_proxies()

template<typename TriangleMesh , typename VertexPointMap , typename ErrorMetricProxy = CGAL::Default, typename GeomTraits = CGAL::Default, typename Concurrency_tag = CGAL::Sequential_tag>

std::size_t CGAL::Variational_shape_approximation< TriangleMesh, VertexPointMap, ErrorMetricProxy, GeomTraits, Concurrency_tag >::teleport_proxies	(	const std::size_t	nb_proxies,
		const std::size_t	nb_iterations = 5,
		const bool	no_threshold_test = false
	)

teleports the local minimum to the worst region by combining the merging and adding processes.

The re-fitting is performed after each teleportation. Here if we specify more than one proxy this means we teleport in a naive iterative fashion.

Parameters

nb_proxies	number of proxies requested to teleport.
nb_iterations	number of re-fitting iterations.
no_threshold_test	if true, no check on the approximation error before merging a pair of proxies is done. In other words, find_best_merge(!no_threshold_test) is called.

Returns

number of proxies teleported.