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Two spheres united with the metaball strategy. Two spheres united with the metaball strategy.

Marching Cubes

Metaball, Skeletal Mesh, Exoskeleton, Skeleton Fattener

It is an algorithm that joins distinct geometries by adding a smoothed bridge.

Metaball

Section titled “Metaball”

This union can be controlled according to the distance between these geometries. It uses an algorithm called Marching Cubes, the same one used to produce Skeletal Mesh.

Galaxy SOHO by Zaha Hadid Architects. Beijing, China.© Peter Adams
Galaxy SOHO by Zaha Hadid Architects. Beijing, China.

Skeletal Mesh

Section titled “Skeletal Mesh”

Nesse caso o algoritmo de marching cubes é usado para dar espessura à linhas, resultando em uma malha limpa, otimizada para renderização ou para servir de base em um processo de fabricação digital, como é o caso abaixo usado pelo grupo THEVERYMANY.

Non-Lin / Lin was an installation developed by the group THEVERYMANY for FRAC Centre. Orleans, France.© NAARO
Non-Lin / Lin was an installation developed by the group THEVERYMANY for FRAC Centre. Orleans, France.