Talk:Isosurface

"Simple polygonal model"
"Isosurfaces tend to be a popular form of visualization for volume datasets since they can be rendered by a simple polygonal model, which can be drawn on the screen very quickly." Can this be verified by a cite? What is ment by "a simple polygonal model"? —217.91.36.246 (talk) 11:35, 26 March 2013‎ (UTC)


 * I guess it is referring to the fact that it uses a finite set of polygons (triangles to be more specific), and that it is simple because the implementation is quite straightforward compared to other isosurface rendering algorithms (for example dual contouring) which I guess more easily lead to unexpected surprises (bugs, that is) and possibly also include a lot of different special cases that have to be taken care of (what do I know?). —Kri (talk) 21:49, 4 April 2013 (UTC)