Mesh topology in scanned garment reconstruction

Purpose ‐ The purpose of this paper is to investigate the draping behavior of a scanned garment model in irregular and regular mesh topology. 3D garment with high fidelity can be obtained via range data scanning. The original output of a body scanner is an unorganized points cloud. In this paper, the geometrical surface of 3D garment is reconstructed through a series of treatments. Design/methodology/approach ‐ The primary target of this work is to investigate the dynamic behavior of the corresponding physical model transferred from different mesh topologies. A mass-spring model is constructed for both regular and irregular meshes. The performance under various integration methods is evaluated. Findings ‐ Experimental results reveal the procedure of regularization is suitable for the integrators that are sensitive to the physically-based simulation of scanned garments. Originality/value ‐ The geometrical surface of 3D garment is reconstructed through a series of treatments solving the problem of points cloud data for high definition 3D data.