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Michael Garland

This page contains various software packages that I have written. They are all distributed AS IS. However, I encourage you to report any problems you have and any improvements you make.

Simplification

• QSlim — This package is based on my quadric-based simplification algorithm. It can produce high quality approximations of triangulated surfaces quite rapidly. Source code and executables for selected platforms are provided.

• Scape — An experimental system for triangulating height fields defined by a regular grid of height samples.

• Terra — Based on Scape, but cleaner and with some nicer features. I started writing Terra as a major improvement over Scape. However, I stopped actively working on terrain approximation to pursue my work on general surface simplification. The Terra package was never fully completed.

General Graphics

• libgfx — This is a library meant to simplify the creation of basic computer graphics software. I use this as a support library in all my classes, and I use it heavily in my own research software.

From my Students

Some of my students have also made their research software available as well.

• Steve Zelinka distributes software for our work on permission grids, real-time texture synthesis, and similarity-based surface editing.

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