Patent Document ID: 9082220
Application ID: 10716386
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method, comprising: loading, in a data processing system, a model having a plurality of interconnected nodes forming an orphaned shell mesh; receiving a selection of a first node of the model; determining a first nodal valency of the first node; determining a first element connectivity pattern of the first node; performing a smoothing operation on the first node according to the first nodal valency and the first element connectivity pattern to produce a smoothed mesh of the model at the first node; determining a second nodal valency of a second node of the model, the second nodal valency different from the first nodal valency; determining a second element connectivity pattern of the second node, the second element connectivity pattern different from the first element connectivity pattern; performing a smoothing operation on the second node according to the second nodal valency and the second element connectivity pattern to produce a smoothed mesh of the model at the second node, the smoothing operation performed on the second node being of a different smoothing method than the smoothing operation performed on the first node; and storing the model.