Articles | Volume 16, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-3565-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-3565-2023
Development and technical paper
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28 Jun 2023
Development and technical paper |  | 28 Jun 2023

PySubdiv 1.0: open-source geological modeling and reconstruction by non-manifold subdivision surfaces

Mohammad Moulaeifard, Simon Bernard, and Florian Wellmann

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In this work, we propose a flexible framework to generate and interact with geological models using explicit surface representations. The essence of the work lies in the determination of the flexible control mesh, topologically similar to the main geological structure, watertight and controllable with few control points, to manage the geological structures. We exploited the subdivision surface method in our work, which is commonly used in the animation and gaming industry.
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