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Introduction

abspy is a Python tool for 3D adaptive binary space partitioning and beyond: an ambient 3D space is adaptively partitioned to form a linear cell complex with planar primitives, where an adjacency graph is dynamically obtained. The tool is designed primarily to support compact surface reconstruction and other applications as well.

Key features

• Manipulation of planar primitives from point cloud or reference mesh
• Linear cell complex creation with adaptive binary space partitioning (a-BSP)
• Dynamic BSP-tree (NetworkX graph) updated locally upon primitive insertion
• Support of polygonal surface reconstruction with graph cut
• Compatible data structure with Easy3D on point cloud, primitive, mesh and cell complex
• Robust spatial operations underpinned by the rational ring from SageMath's exact kernel

Installation

All-in-one installation

Create a conda environment with the latest abspy release and all its dependencies installed:

git clone https://github.com/chenzhaiyu/abspy && cd abspy
conda env create -f environment.yml && conda activate abspy

Manual installation

Still easy! Create a conda environment and enter it:

conda create --name abspy python=3.10 && conda activate abspy

Install the dependencies:

conda install -c conda-forge networkx numpy tqdm scikit-learn matplotlib colorlog scipy trimesh rtree pyglet sage=10.0 

Alternatively, you can use mamba for faster package parsing installation:

conda install mamba -c conda-forge
mamba install -c conda-forge networkx numpy tqdm scikit-learn matplotlib colorlog scipy trimesh rtree pyglet sage=10.0 

Preferably, the latest abspy release can be found and installed via PyPI:

pip install abspy

Otherwise, you can install the latest version locally:

git clone https://github.com/chenzhaiyu/abspy && cd abspy
pip install .

Quick start

Example 1 - Reconstruction from point cloud

The example loads a point cloud to VertexGroup (.vg), partitions ambient space into a cell complex, creates the adjacency graph, and extracts the object's outer surface.

from abspy import VertexGroup, AdjacencyGraph, CellComplex

# load a point cloud in VertexGroup 
vertex_group = VertexGroup(filepath='points.vg')

# normalise point cloud
vertex_group.normalise_to_centroid_and_scale()

# additional planes to append (e.g., a bounding plane)
additional_planes = [[0, 0, 1, -vertex_group.aabbs[:, 0, 2].min()]]

# initialise cell complex
cell_complex = CellComplex(vertex_group.planes, vertex_group.aabbs, vertex_group.obbs, vertex_group.points_grouped, build_graph=True, additional_planes=additional_planes)

# refine planar primitives
cell_complex.refine_planes()

# prioritise certain planes (e.g., vertical ones)
cell_complex.prioritise_planes(prioritise_verticals=True)

# construct cell complex 
cell_complex.construct()

# print info about cell complex
cell_complex.print_info()

# build adjacency graph from cell complex
adjacency_graph = AdjacencyGraph(cell_complex.graph)

# assign weights (e.g., occupancy by neural network prediction) to graph 
adjacency_graph.assign_weights_to_n_links(cell_complex.cells, attribute='area_overlap', factor=0.001, cache_interfaces=True)
adjacency_graph.assign_weights_to_st_links(...)

# perform graph cut to extract surface
_, _ = adjacency_graph.cut()

# save surface model to an OBJ file
adjacency_graph.save_surface_obj('surface.obj', engine='rendering')

Example 2 - Convex decomposition from mesh

The example loads a mesh to VertexGroupReference, partitions ambient space into a cell complex, identifies cells inside reference mesh, and visualizes the cells.

from abspy import VertexGroupReference
vertex_group_reference = VertexGroupReference(filepath='mesh.obj')

# initialise cell complex
cell_complex = CellComplex(vertex_group_reference.planes, vertex_group_reference.aabbs, vertex_group_reference.obbs, build_graph=True)

# construct cell complex 
cell_complex.construct()

# cells inside reference mesh
cells_in_mesh = cell_complex.cells_in_mesh('mesh.obj', engine='distance')

# save cell complex file
cell_complex.save('complex.cc')

# visualise the inside cells
if len(cells_in_mesh):
    cell_complex.visualise(indices_cells=cells_in_mesh)

Please find the usage of abspy at API reference. For the data structure of a .vg/.bvg file, please refer to VertexGroup.

FAQ

• How can I install abspy on Windows?

For Windows users, you may need to build SageMath from source or install all other dependencies into a pre-built SageMath environment. Otherwise, virtualization with docker may come to the rescue.

• How can I use abspy for surface reconstruction?

As demonstrated in Example 1, the surface can be addressed by graph cut — in between adjacent cells where one being inside and the other being outside — exactly where the cut is performed. For more information, please refer to Points2Poly which wraps abspy for building surface reconstruction.

License

MIT

Citation

If you use abspy in a scientific work, please consider citing the paper:

@article{chen2022points2poly,
  title = {Reconstructing compact building models from point clouds using deep implicit fields},
  journal = {ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing},
  volume = {194},
  pages = {58-73},
  year = {2022},
  issn = {0924-2716},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2022.09.017},
  url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0924271622002611},
  author = {Zhaiyu Chen and Hugo Ledoux and Seyran Khademi and Liangliang Nan}
}