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A vertex (plural vertices) in computer graphics is a data structure that describes certain attributes, like the position of a point in 2D or 3D space, or multiple points on a surface. Application to 3D models
In computer graphics, a triangle mesh is a type of polygon mesh. It comprises a set of triangles (typically in three dimensions ) that are connected by their common edges or vertices . Many graphics software packages and hardware devices can operate more efficiently on triangles that are grouped into meshes than on a similar number of triangles ...
Mesh generation is deceptively difficult: it is easy for humans to see how to create a mesh of a given object, but difficult to program a computer to make good decisions for arbitrary input a priori. There is an infinite variety of geometry found in nature and man-made objects. Many mesh generation researchers were first users of meshes.
The basic object used in mesh modeling is a vertex, a point in three-dimensional space.Two vertices connected by a straight line become an edge.Three vertices, connected to each other by three edges, define a triangle, which is the simplest polygon in Euclidean space.
Face-vertex meshes represent an object as a set of faces and a set of vertices. This is the most widely used mesh representation, being the input typically accepted by modern graphics hardware. Face-vertex meshes improve on VV-mesh for modeling in that they allow explicit lookup of the vertices of a face, and the faces surrounding a vertex.
The process starts with a base level polygonal mesh. A refinement scheme is then applied to this mesh. This process takes that mesh and subdivides it, creating new vertices and new faces. The positions of the new vertices in the mesh are computed based on the positions of nearby old vertices, edges, and/or faces.
Finally, the structure of the edge record is as follows. An edge is assumed to be directed. The edge record contains two references to the vertices that make up the endpoints of the edge, two references to the faces on either side of the edge, and four references to the previous and next edges surrounding the left and right face.
Draws a connected group of triangles. One triangle is defined for each vertex presented after the first two vertices. For odd n, vertices n, n + 1, and n + 2 define triangle n. For even n, vertices n + 1, n, and n + 2 define triangle n. n – 2 triangles are drawn. Note that n starts at 1. The above code sample and diagram demonstrate triangles ...