Marching Cubes

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// Tentative Schedule

• 7:00-7:30–Informal paper discussion

• 7:30-7:35–Introduction and announcements

• 7:35-8:40–Marching Cubes (http://academy.cba.mit.edu/classes/scanning_printing/MarchingCubes.pdf) by Philip

• 8:40-9:00–Informal paper discussion

// Directions

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2910 District Avenue · Fairfax, VA

// Papers

Primary paper for discussion (original Marching Cubes paper): http://academy.cba.mit.edu/classes/scanning_printing/MarchingCubes.pdf

An excellent, widely used-and-reused implementation of Marching Cubes, with a mechanical breakdown & tutorial/explanation of how it works: http://paulbourke.net/geometry/polygonise/

In addition to discussing the paper, I also plan to share a personal implementation of the Marching Cubes algorithm, and to use it show some fun interactive examples of creating essentially arbitrary 3D graphical surfaces with Marching Cubes.