Man MeshEditing - Revision history

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L.Pizzoli at 14:32, 7 December 2015

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Admin: Aggiornamento a 3.0 (Nuove nomi, Aggiunto Adv Smoothing)

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Aggiornamento a 3.0 (Nuove nomi, Aggiunto Adv Smoothing)

E.pasotti at 13:33, 12 October 2015

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 == Adv Smoothing == <!--T:58-->
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-The '''Advanced Smoothing''' tool is an improved version of the '''Smooth''' tool because it grants more control, more parameters and better results.
+The '''Advanced Smoothing''' tool smooths the whole surface of the mesh, compensating its irregularities.
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-The parameters are:
+This tool applies a series of parameters:
 ; Iteration : Number of times the tool will be applied.
 ; Strenght : How much the tool can change the object surface. The higher the value the more the mesh is smoothed and sharpened.
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 ; Max Deviation : How much the tool can modify the shape of the mesh. This is the maximum distance every point of the final mesh can have from the original mesh.
 ; Flip Edges : If this option is enabled the tool will rearrange the mesh structure to better represent edges.
 == Decimate == <!--T:10-->

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-{{Screenshot|Dental 2 5 fillHoles.jpg}}
+[[File:Dental 2 5 fillHoles.jpg]]
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-{{Screenshot|Dental_2_5_decimate.jpg}}
+[[File:Dental_2_5_decimate.jpg]]
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-{{Screenshot|Adv-smoothing.jpg}}
+[[File:Adv-smoothing.jpg]]
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-This removes all the possible defects and noises of a mesh.
+Removes all the possible defects and noises of a mesh.
 == Mesh Offset == <!--T:35-->

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 ; Iteration : Number of times the tool will be applied.
 ; Strenght : How much the tool can change the object surface. Higher value let the tool smooth more and sharpen more.
-; Sensitivity : How many part of the surface will be identified as 'Details' (margins, edges). The detail parts will be sharpened not smoothed.
+; Sensitivity : How many parts of the surface will be identified as 'Details' (margins, edges). The details parts will be sharpened not smoothed.
 ; Protection: : How many 'Details' parts will not be sharpened but left untouched. Higher values means less sharpening of small details.
 ; Max Deviation : How much the tool can modify the shape of the mesh. This is the maximum distance every point of the final mesh can have from the original mesh.

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-== Mesh Sharpening == <!--T:6-->
+== Sharpen == <!--T:6-->
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 '''The software applies this tool automatically, using specific parameters. The use of this tool with the wrong parameters may modify the shape and the dimension of the objects'''.
-== Mesh Smooth == <!--T:8-->
+== Smooth == <!--T:8-->
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 '''The software applies this tool automatically, using specific parameters. The use of this tool with wrong parameters may modify the shape and the dimension of the objects'''.
-== Mesh Decimate == <!--T:10-->
+== Adv Smoothing ==
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 Just click on Apply to see the result.
-== Mesh Defeature == <!--T:13-->
+== Defeature == <!--T:13-->
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 # Apply the ''Mesh Defeature''
-== Make Manifold == <!--T:15-->
+== Catenate == <!--T:17-->
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 Every mesh has an inside and an outside. The software gives them two different colors. This tool inverts the inside and the outside of the selected meshes.
 == Fill All Holes == <!--T:23-->
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 With the close denture tool, the mesh will be closed with a perfect plane in a reduced amount of time.
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+== Fix Mesh == <!--T:33-->
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-The generated mesh may have artefacts, noises or holes that need to be fixed.
+The generated mesh may have defects, noises or holes that need to be fixed.
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-OpticalRevEng Dental already applies a specific mesh generation strategy for each element, trying to automatically fix all the problems. However, there could be the need to further edit the meshes before exporting them to another software.
+OpticalRevEng Dental already applies a specific mesh generation strategy for each element. However, there could be the need to further edit the meshes before exporting them to another software.
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-In this page, there is a description of the Mesh Editing tools that can be found in the [[Support_Toolbars_And_Menus|Mesh Menu and Mesh Toolbar]].
+In this page, there is a description of the Mesh Editing tools that can be found either in the [[Support_Toolbars_And_Menus|Mesh Menu or in the Mesh Toolbar]].
 == Remove Spikes == <!--T:3-->
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-Usually, these spikes are automatically corrected by the software during the mesh generation but, if the meshes have been imported from another system, some spikes could be present.
+Usually, these spikes are automatically corrected by the software during mesh generation but, if the meshes have been imported from another system, some spikes could be present.
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-The sharpening tool carries out two actions. It smooths the parts of the surface that are more planar and, at the same time, it sharpens the edges. It takes 2 parameters:
+The sharpening tool carries out two actions: it smooths the planar parts of the surface and, at the same time, it sharpens the edges, using two parameters:
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-# T [°] : this angle identifies what an edge is. All the parts of the surface that have an angle smaller than T° will be sharpened. When this value is at 0, all the surfacse will be smoothed
+# T [°] : this angle identifies what an edge is. All the parts of the surface that have an angle smaller than T° will be sharpened. When this value is at 0, all the surface will be smoothed
-# Normal Iterations : how many times the software will pass over the surface to carry out the sharpening. Bigger values mean more smoothing and more sharpening
+# Normal Iterations : how many times the software will pass over the surface to carry out the sharpening. The higher the value, the more the mesh will be smoothed and sharpened
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-This tool is similar to the Mesh Sharpening one but it applies a smoothing to the whole surface, without preserving the edges.
+This tool is similar to the Mesh Sharpening but it applies a smoothing to the whole surface, without preserving the edges.
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-This tool reduces the number of triangles in a mesh, to save more space, trying to save as much detail as possible.
+This tool reduces the number of triangles in a mesh, to save more space, trying to preserve as much detail as possible.
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-On the top, the current number of triangles of the selected meshes is specified.
+On the top is specified the current number of triangles of the selected meshes.
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-It is also possible to establish a tolerance value. If the tolerance is enabled, the software will stop the decimation if this will modify the mesh more than the tolerance parameter.
+It is also possible to establish a tolerance value. If the tolerance is enabled, the software will stop the decimation when this would modify the mesh more than the tolerance parameter.
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-This tool takes a mesh and then looks for and removes the parts of the surface that are not ''Manifold''. Look at: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manifold definition]
+This tool searches and removes the parts of the surface that are not ''Manifold''. Look at: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manifold definition]
 == Mesh Catenate == <!--T:17-->
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-Every mesh has an inside and an outside. The software gives them two different colors. This tool flips the inside and the outside of the selected meshes.
+Every mesh has an inside and an outside. The software gives them two different colors. This tool inverts the inside and the outside of the selected meshes.
 == Detect Intersections == <!--T:21-->
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-In the fill one mode, the software will highlight the hole near the mouse cursor, and by clicking with the left mouse button on the highlighted hole, the sofware will fill it.
+In the fill one mode, the software will highlight the hole near the mouse cursor. By clicking with the left mouse button on the highlighted hole it will be filed.
 === Fill All === <!--T:27-->
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-There is an additional option: curvature filling. If this option is enabled, the software will try to follow the curvature of the rest of the surface, closing the hole. If it's disabled, the software will ignore the rest of the surface and close the hole with a straight plane.
+There is an additional option: curvature filling. If this option is enabled, the software will try to close the hole following the curvature of the rest of the surface. If it's disabled, the software will ignore the rest of the surface and close the hole with a straight plane.
 == Close Denture == <!--T:31-->
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-When scanning an entire jaw, there will be a big hole at the base. This tool has been created to close only that hole. Closing that hole with the Fill All Holes tool takes a lot of time and the final result will not be good enough.
+When scanning a whole jaw, the base information will not be acquired. This tool has been created to recreate that information. Closing the dunture with the Fill All Holes tool takes too much time and the final result will not be good enough.
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-This tool will not work if the mesh has other holes or artefacts.
+This tool will not work if the mesh has other holes or defects.
 == Mesh Cleaning == <!--T:33-->
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-This tool takes a mesh and tries to remove all the possible artefacts and problems.
+This removes all the possible defects and noises of a mesh.
 == Mesh Offset == <!--T:35-->