CGAL edge collapse — 99% target
best 99% result: lowest target-count triangle budget with the strongest above-view silhouette score
Redo of the strongest prior approaches at a 99% triangle reduction target. The viewing constraint is forgiving: above-only, never closer than about 4 ft, and underside quality is intentionally low priority. Materials are light gray, not pure white.
best 99% result: lowest target-count triangle budget with the strongest above-view silhouette score
runner-up target-count reducer: exact 323 triangles and similar silhouette behavior to CGAL
best Blender-native target-count result after exact-position weld; simple and repeatable
target-count Blender variant showing whether planar cleanup helps after welding; it slightly hurts silhouette
informative target-count failure: hits 324 triangles but rounds and changes mechanical character
stress test beyond the ask: 99.5% reduction, useful for knowing the practical lower bound
best no-weld direct Blender silhouette, but it stalls around 96.55% reduction because disconnected shells limit collapse
above-view-biased attempt that sacrifices underside faces first; does not quite reach 99% but shows the tradeoff
baseline direct collapse failure mode: coherent-ish from above, but only reaches 96.54% without source welding
informative failure: explicit underside split preserved too much mesh and missed the 99% target badly
| Rank | Result | Triangles | Vertices | Top SSIM | FBX |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | t02_cgal_99 CGAL edge collapse — 99% target | 321 | 155 | 0.940729 | Download |
| 2 | t03_meshlib_99 MeshLib decimation — 99% target | 323 | 813 | 0.932797 | Download |
| 3 | b05_micro_weld_99 Exact-position micro-weld + collapse — 99% target | 323 | 156 | 0.931060 | Download |
| 4 | b06_micro_weld_planar8_99 Micro-weld + planar 8° + collapse — 99% target | 321 | 157 | 0.921855 | Download |
| 5 | b09_voxel_99 Voxel topology reset tuned near 99% target | 324 | 166 | 0.916177 | Download |
| 6 | b12_micro_weld_overshoot_995 Micro-weld + 99.5% reduction stress test | 161 | 75 | 0.914267 | Download |
| 7 | b04_planar15_99 Planar 15° prepass + collapse — 99% target | 1,113 | 57,333 | 0.911492 | Download |
| 8 | b10_top_face_bias_99 Top-facing surface bias + collapse — 99% target | 625 | 36,075 | 0.889497 | Download |
| 9 | b01_uniform_99 Uniform collapse — 99% target | 1,118 | 57,337 | 0.886348 | Download |
| 10 | b11_underside_aggressive_99 Aggressive underside simplification + collapse — 99% target | 1,627 | 87,091 | 0.885718 | Download |