Learning Metric Fields for Fast Low‐Distortion Mesh Parameterizations

We present a fast and robust method for computing an injective parameterization with low isometric distortion for disk‐like triangular meshes. Harmonic function‐based methods, with their rich mathematical foundation, are widely used. Harmonic maps are particularly valuable for ensuring injectivity u...

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Published in:Computer graphics forum Vol. 44; no. 2
Main Authors: Fargion, G., Weber, O.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.05.2025
Subjects:
Artificial neural networks
Boundary conditions
CCS Concepts
Computational efficiency
Computing costs
Computing methodologies → Machine learning algorithms
Distortion
Harmonic functions
Integral calculus
Jacobians
Machine learning
Mesh geometry models
Neural networks
Parameterization
Poisson equation
Subspaces
Tensors
ISSN:0167-7055, 1467-8659
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Summary:We present a fast and robust method for computing an injective parameterization with low isometric distortion for disk‐like triangular meshes. Harmonic function‐based methods, with their rich mathematical foundation, are widely used. Harmonic maps are particularly valuable for ensuring injectivity under certain boundary conditions. In addition, they offer computational efficiency by forming a linear subspace [FW22]. However, this restricted subspace often leads to significant isometric distortion, especially for highly curved surfaces. Conversely, methods that operate in the full space of piecewise linear maps [SPSH*17] achieve lower isometric distortion, but at a higher computational cost. Aigerman et al. [AGK*22] pioneered a parameterization method that uses deep neural networks to predict the Jacobians of the map at mesh triangles, and integrates them into an explicit map by solving a Poisson equation. However, this approach often results in significant Poisson reconstruction errors due to the inability to ensure the integrability of the predicted neural Jacobian field, leading to unbounded distortion and lack of local injectivity. We propose a hybrid method that combines the speed and robustness of harmonic maps with the generality of deep neural networks to produce injective maps with low isometric distortion much faster than state‐of‐the‐art methods. The core concept is simple but powerful. Instead of learning Jacobian fields, we learn metric tensor fields over the input mesh, resulting in a cus‐tomized Laplacian matrix that defines a harmonic map in a modified metric [WGS23]. Our approach ensures injectivity, offers great computational efficiency, and produces significantly lower isometric distortion compared to straightforward harmonic maps.
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ISSN:0167-7055
1467-8659
DOI:10.1111/cgf.70061