Method and system for generating a multi-dimensional surface model of a geometric structure

A computer-implemented method of generating a multi-faceted surface model of a geometric structure, said method comprising:

• acquiring a set of location data points comprised of a plurality of location data points corresponding to respective locations on the surface of a region of the geometric structure;
• defining a bounding box containing each location data point of said set of location data points;
• constructing a voxel grid corresponding to said bounding box, wherein said voxel grid comprises a plurality of voxels;
• and
• extracting a multi-faceted surface model from certain of said plurality of voxels of said voxel grid.

A system for generating a composite surface model of a geometric structure from a plurality of multi-faceted surfaces, comprising

• a processing apparatus configured to:
• define a bounding box containing each vertex of the plurality of multi-faceted surfaces;
• construct a voxel grid corresponding to said bounding box, wherein said voxel grid comprises a plurality of voxels;
• and
• extract a composite multi-faceted surface model from certain of said plurality of voxels of said voxel grid.

A method of generating a composite surface model of a geometric structure from a plurality of multi-faceted surfaces, comprising the steps of:

• defining a bounding box containing each vertex of the plurality of multi-faceted surfaces;
• constructing a voxel grid corresponding to said bounding box, wherein said voxel grid comprises a plurality of voxels;
• and
• extracting a composite multi-faceted surface model from certain of said plurality of voxels of said voxel grid.

A computer-implemented method for generating a multi-dimensional surface model of a geometric structure, comprising the steps of

• acquiring first and second sets of location data points, said first set comprising a plurality of location data points corresponding to respective locations on the surface of a first region of said geometric structure, and said second set comprising a plurality of location data points corresponding to respective locations on the surface of a second region of said geometric structure;
• constructing first and second voxel grids corresponding to said first and second sets of location data points, respectively, wherein each voxel grid comprises a plurality of voxels;
• generating a first multi-dimensional surface model for said first region from certain of said plurality of voxels of said first voxel grid, and a second multi-dimensional surface model for said second region from certain of said plurality of voxels of said second voxel grid;
• and
• joining said first and second surface models together to form a composite multi-dimensional surface model.