In many areas of industry, it is desirable to create geometric models of existing objects for
which no such model is available. This paper reviews the process of reverse engineering of …

With ever-more demanding requirements for the accurate manufacture of large components,
dimensional measuring techniques are becoming progressively more sophisticated. This …

In this paper we present an automatic algorithm to detect basic shapes in unorganized point
clouds. The algorithm decomposes the point cloud into a concise, hybrid structure of …

In this paper, we describe a hierarchical face clustering algorithm for triangle meshes based
on fitting primitives belonging to an arbitrary set. The method proposed is completely …

In a variety of practical situations such as reverse engineering of boundary representation
from depth maps of scanned objects, range data analysis, model-based recognition and …

This paper presents a new and efficient algorithm for the decomposition of 3D arbitrary
triangle meshes and particularly optimized triangulated CAD meshes. The algorithm is …

A procedure for reconstructing solid models of conventional engineering objects from a
multiple-view, 3D point cloud is described.(Conventional means bounded by simple …

We propose a method for segmentation of 3D scanned shapes into simple geometric parts.
Given an input point cloud, our method computes a set of components which possess one or …

In this paper, we describe an algorithm called fast marching watersheds that segments a
triangle mesh into visual parts. This computer vision algorithm leverages a human vision …

Laser range-scanners are used in fields as diverse as product design, reverse engineering,
and rapid prototyping to quickly acquire geometric surface data of parts and models. This …