Title
MeshCNN: A Network with an Edge.
Abstract
Polygonal meshes provide an efficient representation for 3D shapes. They explicitly captureboth shape surface and topology, and leverage non-uniformity to represent large flat regions as well as sharp, intricate features. This non-uniformity and irregularity, however, inhibits mesh analysis efforts using neural networks that combine convolution and pooling operations. In this paper, we utilize the unique properties of the mesh for a direct analysis of 3D shapes using MeshCNN, a convolutional neural network designed specifically for triangular meshes. Analogous to classic CNNs, MeshCNN combines specialized convolution and pooling layers that operate on the mesh edges, by leveraging their intrinsic geodesic connections. Convolutions are applied on edges and the four edges of their incident triangles, and pooling is applied via an edge collapse operation that retains surface topology, thereby, generating new mesh connectivity for the subsequent convolutions. MeshCNN learns which edges to collapse, thus forming a task-driven process where the network exposes and expands the important features while discarding the redundant ones. We demonstrate the effectiveness of MeshCNN on various learning tasks applied to 3D meshes.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.1145/3306346.3322959
ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG)
Keywords
Field
DocType
convolutional neural network, geometric deep learning, shape analysis, shape segmentation
Computer vision,Topology,Polygon,Polygon mesh,Convolutional neural network,Convolution,Pooling,Mesh analysis,Artificial intelligence,Artificial neural network,Mathematics,Shape analysis (digital geometry)
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
abs/1809.05910
4
0730-0301
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
32
1.04
54
Authors
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Rana Hanocka1604.19
Amir Hertz2362.43
Noa Fish31857.31
Raja Giryes434038.89
Shachar Fleishman5142059.65
Daniel Cohen-Or610588533.55