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Poster

Neural Surface Detection for Unsigned Distance Fields

Federico Stella · Nicolas Talabot · Hieu Le · Pascal Fua

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Abstract:

Extracting surfaces from Signed Distance Fields (SDFs) can be accomplished using traditional algorithms, such as Marching Cubes. However, since they rely on sign flips across the surface, these algorithms cannot be used directly on Unsigned Distance Fields (UDFs). In this work, we introduce a deep-learning approach to taking a UDF and turning it locally into an SDF, so that it can be effectively triangulated using existing algorithms. We show that it achieves better accuracy in surface localization than existing methods. Furthermore it generalizes well to unseen shapes and datasets, while being parallelizable. We also demonstrate the flexibily of the method by using it in conjunction with DualMeshUDF, a state of the art dual meshing method that can operate on UDFs, improving its results and removing the need to tune its parameters.

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