Plumber: a method for a multi-scale decomposition of 3D shapes into tubular primitives and bodies

  • Authors:
  • M. Mortara;G. Patanè;M. Spagnuolo;B. Falcidieno;J. Rossignac

  • Affiliations:
  • Istituto di Matematica Applicata e Tecnologie Informatiche, Consiglio, Nazionale delle Ricerche;Istituto di Matematica Applicata e Tecnologie Informatiche, Consiglio, Nazionale delle Ricerche;Istituto di Matematica Applicata e Tecnologie Informatiche, Consiglio, Nazionale delle Ricerche;Istituto di Matematica Applicata e Tecnologie Informatiche, Consiglio, Nazionale delle Ricerche;College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta

  • Venue:
  • SM '04 Proceedings of the ninth ACM symposium on Solid modeling and applications
  • Year:
  • 2004

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Abstract

Plumber is a specialized shape classification method for detecting tubular features of 3D objects represented by a triangle mesh. The Plumber algorithm segments a surface into connected components that are either body parts or elongated features, that is, handle-like and protrusion-like features, together with their concave counterparts, i.e. narrow tunnels and wells. The segmentation can be done at single or multi-scale, and produces a shape graph which codes how the tubular components are attached to the main body parts. Moreover, each tubular feature is represented by its skeletal line and an average cross-section radius.