The PFRep: What is? Selective Progressive State of the art Low memory Fast Comparation

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State of the art. At present, do you have two possible solutions to work with multiresolution models:

  • To work with progressive representations. The main use of these representations is found in the progressive loading of 3D models by internet or another communication way. The knownest representations are:
    • The Progressive Meshes (PM) by Hugues Hoppe
    • The Progressive Forest Split (PFS), by Gabriel Taubin et al.
    • Compressed Progressive Meshes (CPM) by Pajarola and Rossignac.

  • To work with a selective representation. At present, the selective representations require complex structures and not they are used habitually in practice. To create a selective representation is necessary a conversion from the multresolution model to the selective representation when the model are totally loaded. The knownest representations are
    • The Progressive Meshes(PM) and View Dependent Progressive Meshes (VDPM) by Hugues Hoppe.
    • The Multitriangulations (MT) by Puppo.
    • The Hierachical Dynamic Simplification (HDS) by Luebke and Erikson.
The PFRep. The PFRep offers another solution, a single and very simple representation for progressive and selective load and viewer 3D and 2D models.
Among other advantages about this representation, is not necessary the conversion to a selective representation and it is possible to apply selective refinement when the model is not completely loaded. The PFRep opens the door to selective load of arbitrary meshes, loading alone that what do you need.