A study on the post-processing functions in a polygon-based reverse engineering system

폴리곤 기반 역공학 시스템의 후처리 기능에 관한 연구

In reverse engineering, the whole surfaces of the three-dimensional(3D) product are measured using 3D positional scanners. The raw triangle meshes constructed from a scanned point set are not well suited for direct use in the downstream activities. This is because the amount of triangle meshes may be very large(from millions to hundreds of millions) and usually distorted by scanning error. Furthermore, the triangle meshes may contain several holes that must be filled. Thus, several solutions have to be addressed and implemented before a complete CAD models can be acquired. This paper discusses on the algorithms of decimation, smoothing, and hole-filling that are crucial to refine the triangle meshes. Several examples are also given and discussed to validate the system.