Loop subdivision surface

In computer graphics, Loop subdivision surface is a subdivision scheme developed by Charles Loop in 1987 for triangular meshes.

Each triangle is divided into four subtriangles, adding new vertices in the middle of each edge.

External links

• Charles Loop: Smooth Subdivision Surfaces Based on Triangles, M.S. Mathematics thesis , University of Utah, 1987 (pdf).
• Homepage of Charles Loop.
• Jos Stam: Evaluation of Loop Subdivision Surfaces, Computer Graphics Proceedings ACM SIGGRAPH 1998, (pdf, downloadable eigenstructures).