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Main Authors: Wang, Ningna, Xu, Rui, Yin, Yibo, Zhong, Zichun, Komura, Taku, Wang, Wenping, Guo, Xiaohu
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.10751
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author Wang, Ningna
Xu, Rui
Yin, Yibo
Zhong, Zichun
Komura, Taku
Wang, Wenping
Guo, Xiaohu
author_facet Wang, Ningna
Xu, Rui
Yin, Yibo
Zhong, Zichun
Komura, Taku
Wang, Wenping
Guo, Xiaohu
contents We propose a novel optimization framework for computing the medial axis transform that simultaneously preserves the medial structure and ensures high medial mesh quality. The medial structure, consisting of interconnected sheets, seams, and junctions, provides a natural volumetric decomposition of a 3D shape. Our method introduces a structure-aware, particle-based optimization pipeline guided by the restricted power diagram (RPD), which partitions the input volume into convex cells whose dual encodes the connectivity of the medial mesh. Structure-awareness is enforced through a spherical quadratic error metric (SQEM) projection that constrains the movement of medial spheres, while a Gaussian kernel energy encourages an even spatial distribution. Compared to feature-preserving methods such as MATFP and MATTopo, our approach produces cleaner and more accurate medial structures with significantly improved mesh quality. In contrast to voxel-based, point-cloud-based, and variational methods, our framework is the first to integrate structural awareness into the optimization process, yielding medial meshes with superior geometric fidelity, topological correctness, and explicit structural decomposition.
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spellingShingle MATStruct: High-Quality Medial Mesh Computation via Structure-aware Variational Optimization
Wang, Ningna
Xu, Rui
Yin, Yibo
Zhong, Zichun
Komura, Taku
Wang, Wenping
Guo, Xiaohu
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We propose a novel optimization framework for computing the medial axis transform that simultaneously preserves the medial structure and ensures high medial mesh quality. The medial structure, consisting of interconnected sheets, seams, and junctions, provides a natural volumetric decomposition of a 3D shape. Our method introduces a structure-aware, particle-based optimization pipeline guided by the restricted power diagram (RPD), which partitions the input volume into convex cells whose dual encodes the connectivity of the medial mesh. Structure-awareness is enforced through a spherical quadratic error metric (SQEM) projection that constrains the movement of medial spheres, while a Gaussian kernel energy encourages an even spatial distribution. Compared to feature-preserving methods such as MATFP and MATTopo, our approach produces cleaner and more accurate medial structures with significantly improved mesh quality. In contrast to voxel-based, point-cloud-based, and variational methods, our framework is the first to integrate structural awareness into the optimization process, yielding medial meshes with superior geometric fidelity, topological correctness, and explicit structural decomposition.
title MATStruct: High-Quality Medial Mesh Computation via Structure-aware Variational Optimization
topic Graphics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.10751