System and method for morphable model design space definition

An apparatus comprising:

• a database module for storing model representations which comprise details, said database module including a plurality of exemplars where each exemplar in the plurality of exemplars is registered to a common template model by the same set of points and features where the points and features define a describer, wherein each of the exemplars includes separate exemplar components where each separate exemplar component is defined by the describer;
• a selection module for choosing at least one of the model representations stored in the database module;
• a simplification module for removing details from the selected model representation;
• a segmentation module for describing the selected model representation with the describer.

A system for preparing exemplars, comprising:

• a processor processing instructions for generating a first base model, said processor including a database module for storing model representations which comprise details, said database module including a plurality of exemplars where each exemplar in the plurality of exemplars is registered to a common template model by the same set of points and features where the points and features define a describer, wherein each of the exemplars includes separate exemplar components where each separate exemplar component is defined by the describer,and wherein:
• the processor processing instructions for separating the first base model into components to form first base model components;
• and
• the processor processing instructions for characterizing the first base model components by a type of describer.