Building a 3D Meshing Framework Using Good Software Engineering Practices

Abstract

3D meshing tools are complex pieces of software involving varied algorithms generally with high computing demands. New requirements and techniques appear continuously and being able to incorporate them into existing tools helps keep them up to date. Modifying complex software is generally a complex task and software engineering strategies such as object-orientation and design patterns promote modifiability and flexibility. We present the design of a 3D meshing framework based on these concepts that yields a software that is both flexible at runtime and easy to modify, while not sacrificing performance severely. We also present an evaluation of the framework design quality and performance.

Publication
Advanced Software Engineering: Expanding the Frontiers of Software Technology
Nancy Hitschfeld Kahler
Nancy Hitschfeld Kahler
+Lab founder | Full Professor Universidad de Chile

Full Professor at the Department of Computer Science, University of Chile. Her main research interests include geometric modeling, geometric meshes, and parallel algorithms (GPU computing), focused in computational science, and engineering applications.