[Bf-committers] GSoC Application Draft - Improved Solidify Modifier

[Philip Holzmann]

I have now decided not to submit this proposal.
I've read a bunch of papers on the subject, but I could not find an 
algorithm that was satisfactory.

Though some robust solutions exist with voxel-based approaches (I wanted 
to do a mesh-surface based one), all of the mesh based ones seem to to 
have multiple drawbacks.
Also, the description of some algorithms was so vague that I could not 
understand them.

I would have chosen an algorithm which resolves intersections after 
offsetting, but after playing around a little with the bmesh 
intersections, I realized that it fails even in very simple cases.
And since I don't think I will be able to fix the intersection code, I 
have decided that I won't be able to produce a robust code for the 
solidify modifier.

On 3/16/2018 at 3:10 PM, Philip Holzmann wrote:
> Hello!
>
> Since there seems to be a lot of interest in the Import/Export 
> project, I started to look for another possible project for me:
> Improving the Solidify Modifier to avoid self-intersections.
> I'll apply for both if that's okay.
>
> I began thinking about it and now I've grown pretty fond of it, though 
> I think it will be quite a bit harder.
> Also, it's harder to define a schedule for it, since it's not as easy 
> to break it into pieces and estimating how long it will take.
>
> Anyway, here's the draft:
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bKcoh3RQXh2QqAgGd6Bno33SOA9y2-vlb8Q1Z4Q2gBY/edit?usp=sharing 
>
>
> Again, I'd love to hear some feedback.
> Thank you!
>
> - Philip Holzmann (Foaly)
>