Design Aid of 3D Wire Art Using 3D Models

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a method of automatically determining the wire art curve shape along the shape of the 3D model. Moreover, the wire art curve shape is determined from several evaluation index. In our method, we define multiple infinite planes from an oriented bounding box of the input 3D model. After that, the intersection line between the polygon mesh of the 3D model and the infinite plane is calculated, and the curve of the wire art is automatically determined based on the evaluation index of length and complexity. By showing a set of 3D contour curves from the input 3D model, automatic design of wire art with maintaining the shape feature of the 3D model is realized. We apply the proposed method to various 3D models and verify the effectiveness of the proposed evaluation index.