Patent ID: 8599197

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for artistically-controlled mesh modification, the method comprising: receiving, at one or more computer systems, information defining a first polygonal mesh in a plurality of polygonal meshes; receiving, at the one or more computer systems, input from one or more users of the one or more computer systems identifying one or more features associated with the first polygonal mesh; generating, with one or more processors associated with the one or more computer systems, removal information designating the one or more features identified by the one or more users to be removed when generating another polygonal mesh in the plurality of meshes based on the first polygonal mesh; receiving, at the one or more computer systems, one or more edits to the first polygonal mesh that affect at least one of the one or more features designated in the removal information; updating, with the one or more processors associated with the one or more computer systems, the removal information based on the one or more edits to the first polygonal mesh such that the updated removal information preserves removal of the at least one of the one or more features affected by the one or more edits to the first polygonal mesh; and generating, with the one or more processors associated with the one or more computer systems, a second polygonal mesh in the plurality of polygonal meshes based on the first polygonal mesh and the updated removal information.