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Every now and then, the question pops up how a given geometric mesh (e.g. a MeshRegion) can be refined to produce a (i) finer and (ii) smoother mesh. For example, the following triangle mesh from the example database is pretty coarse.

R = ExampleData[{"Geometry3D", "Triceratops"}, "MeshRegion"]
MeshCellCount[R, 2]

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Well, we could execute this

S = DiscretizeRegion[R, MaxCellMeasure -> {1 -> 0.01}]
MeshCellCount[S, 2]

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only to learn that the visual appearance hasn't improved at all.

So, how can we refine it a smoothing way with Mathematica? There are several subdivision schemes known in geometry processing, e.g. Loop subdivision for triangle meshes and Catmull-Clark subdivision for general polyhedral meshes, but there seem to be no built-in methods for these.

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We need quite a bit of preparation. In the first place we need methods to compute cell adjacency matrices from here. I copied the code for completeness.

CellAdjacencyMatrix[R_MeshRegion, d_, 0] := If[MeshCellCount[R, d] > 0,
   Unitize[R["ConnectivityMatrix"[d, 0]]],
   {}
   ];

CellAdjacencyMatrix[R_MeshRegion, 0, d_] := If[MeshCellCount[R, d] > 0,
   Unitize[R["ConnectivityMatrix"[0, d]]],
   {}
   ];

CellAdjacencyMatrix[R_MeshRegion, 0, 0] := 
  If[MeshCellCount[R, 1] > 0,
   With[{A = CellAdjacencyMatrix[R, 0, 1]},
    With[{B = A.Transpose[A]},
     SparseArray[B - DiagonalMatrix[Diagonal[B]]]
     ]
    ],
   {}
   ];

CellAdjacencyMatrix[R_MeshRegion, d1_, d2_] := 
  If[(MeshCellCount[R, d1] > 0) && (MeshCellCount[R, d2] > 0), 
   With[{B = CellAdjacencyMatrix[R, d1, 0].CellAdjacencyMatrix[R, 0, d2]},
    SparseArray[
     If[d1 == d2,
      UnitStep[B - DiagonalMatrix[Diagonal[B]] - d1],
      UnitStep[B - (Min[d1, d2] + 1)]
      ]
     ]
    ],
   {}
   ];

Alternatively to copying the code above, simply make sure that you have IGraph/M version 0.3.93 or later installed and run

Needs["IGraphM`"];
CellAdjacencyMatrix = IGMeshCellAdjacencyMatrix;

Next is a CompiledFunction to compute the triangle faces for the new mesh:

getSubdividedTriangles = 
  Compile[{{ff, _Integer, 1}, {ee, _Integer, 1}},
   {
    {Compile`GetElement[ff, 1],Compile`GetElement[ee, 3],Compile`GetElement[ee, 2]},
    {Compile`GetElement[ff, 2],Compile`GetElement[ee, 1],Compile`GetElement[ee, 3]},
    {Compile`GetElement[ff, 3],Compile`GetElement[ee, 2],Compile`GetElement[ee, 1]},
    ee
    },
   CompilationTarget -> "C",
   RuntimeAttributes -> {Listable},
   Parallelization -> True,
   RuntimeOptions -> "Speed"
   ];

Finally, the method that webs everything together. It assembles the subdivision matrix (which maps the old vertex coordinates to the new ones), uses it to compute the new positions and calls getSubdividedTriangles in order to generate the new triangle faces.

ClearAll[LoopSubdivide];
Options[LoopSubdivide] = {
   "VertexWeightFunction" -> 
    Function[n, 5./8. - (3./8. + 1./4. Cos[(2. Pi)/n])^2],
   "EdgeWeight" -> 3./8.,
   "AverageBoundary" -> True
   };

LoopSubdivide[R_MeshRegion, opts : OptionsPattern[]] := 
  LoopSubdivide[{R, {{0}}}, opts][[1]];

LoopSubdivide[{R_MeshRegion, A_?MatrixQ}, OptionsPattern[]] := 
 Module[{A00, A10, A12, A20, B00, B10, n, n0, n1, n2, βn, pts, 
   newpts, edges, faces, edgelookuptable, triangleneighedges, 
   newfaces, subdivisionmatrix, bndedgelist, bndedges, bndvertices, 
   bndedgeQ, intedgeQ, bndvertexQ, 
   intvertexQ, β, βbnd, η},
  pts = MeshCoordinates[R];
  A10 = CellAdjacencyMatrix[R, 1, 0];
  A20 = CellAdjacencyMatrix[R, 2, 0];
  A12 = CellAdjacencyMatrix[R, 1, 2];
  edges = MeshCells[R, 1, "Multicells" -> True][[1, 1]];
  faces = MeshCells[R, 2, "Multicells" -> True][[1, 1]];
  n0 = Length[pts];
  n1 = Length[edges];
  n2 = Length[faces];
  edgelookuptable = SparseArray[
    Rule[
     Join[edges, Transpose[Transpose[edges][[{2, 1}]]]], 
     Join[Range[1, Length[edges]], Range[1, Length[edges]]]
     ],
    {n0, n0}];
  (*A00=CellAdjacencyMatrix[R,0,0];*)
  A00 = Unitize[edgelookuptable];
  bndedgelist = Flatten[Position[Total[A12, {2}], 1]];
  If[Length[bndedgelist] > 0, bndedges = edges[[bndedgelist]];
   bndvertices = Sort[DeleteDuplicates[Flatten[bndedges]]];
   bndedgeQ = SparseArray[Partition[bndedgelist, 1] -> 1, {n1}];
   bndvertexQ = SparseArray[Partition[bndvertices, 1] -> 1, {n0}];
   B00 = SparseArray[Join[bndedges, Reverse /@ bndedges] -> 1, {n0, n0}];
   B10 = SparseArray[Transpose[{Join[bndedgelist, bndedgelist], Join @@ Transpose[bndedges]}] -> 1, {n1, n0}];, 
   bndedgeQ = SparseArray[{}, {Length[edges]}];
   bndvertexQ = SparseArray[{}, {n0}];
   B00 = SparseArray[{}, {n0, n0}];
   B10 = SparseArray[{}, {n1, n0}];
  ];
  intedgeQ = SparseArray[Subtract[1, Normal[bndedgeQ]]];
  intvertexQ = SparseArray[Subtract[1, Normal[bndvertexQ]]];
  n = Total[A10];
  β = OptionValue["VertexWeightFunction"];
  η = OptionValue["EdgeWeight"];
  βn = β /@ n;
  βbnd = If[TrueQ[OptionValue["AverageBoundary"]], 1./8., 0.];
  subdivisionmatrix = Join[
    Plus[
     DiagonalMatrix[SparseArray[1. - βn] intvertexQ + (1. - 2. βbnd) bndvertexQ],
     SparseArray[(βn/n intvertexQ)] A00, 
     βbnd B00
     ], 
    Plus @@ {
      ((3. η - 1.) intedgeQ) (A10), 
      If[Abs[η - 0.5] < Sqrt[$MachineEpsilon], Nothing, ((0.5 - η) intedgeQ) (A12.A20)], 0.5 B10}
    ];
  newpts = subdivisionmatrix.pts;
  triangleneighedges = Module[{f1, f2, f3},
    {f1, f2, f3} = Transpose[faces];
    Partition[
     Extract[
      edgelookuptable,
      Transpose[{Flatten[Transpose[{f2, f3, f1}]], Flatten[Transpose[{f3, f1, f2}]]}]],
     3]
    ];
  newfaces = 
   Flatten[getSubdividedTriangles[faces, triangleneighedges + n0], 
    1];

  {
   MeshRegion[newpts, Polygon[newfaces]],
   subdivisionmatrix
   }
  ]

Test examples

So, let's test it. A classical example is subdividing an "Isosahedron":

R = RegionBoundary@PolyhedronData["Icosahedron", "MeshRegion"];
regions = NestList[LoopSubdivide, R, 5]; // AbsoluteTiming // First 
g = GraphicsGrid[Partition[regions, 3], ImageSize -> Full]

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Now, let's tackle the "Triceratops" from above:

R = ExampleData[{"Geometry3D", "Triceratops"}, "MeshRegion"];
regions = NestList[LoopSubdivide, R, 2]; // AbsoluteTiming // First
g = GraphicsGrid[Partition[regions, 3], ImageSize -> Full]

0.270776

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The meshes so far had trivial boundary. As for an example with nontrivial boundary, I dug out the "Vase" from the example dataset:

R = ExampleData[{"Geometry3D", "Vase"}, "MeshRegion"];
regions = NestList[LoopSubdivide, R, 2]; // AbsoluteTiming // First 
g = GraphicsRow[
  Table[Show[S, ViewPoint -> {1.4, -2.1, -2.2}, 
    ViewVertical -> {1.7, -0.6, 0.0}], {S, regions}], 
  ImageSize -> Full]

1.35325

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Edit

Added some performance improvements and incorporated some ideas by Chip Hurst form this post.

Added options for customization of the subdivision process, in particular for planar subdivision (see this post for an application example).

Added a way to return also the subdivision matrix since it can be useful, e.g. for geometric multigrid solvers. Just call with a matrix as second argument, e.g., LoopSubdivide[R,{{1}}].

Fixed a bug that produced dense subdivision matrices in some two-dimensional examples due to not using 0 as "Background" value.

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  • $\begingroup$ MeshRegion @@ PolyhedronData["Icosahedron", "Faces"] returns an error, probably you meant PolyhedronData["Icosahedron", "MeshRegion"]. But with this the result is far from what you showed (version 11.2.0). $\endgroup$ Dec 4, 2017 at 20:00
  • $\begingroup$ @AlexeyPopkov Hm. On 11.0.1, it works with "Faces" (which I found surprising by myself). PolyhedronData["Icosahedron", "MeshRegion"] is pretty broken for me, too. There are probably some nonmanifold edges hanging around. Does the fix R = MeshRegion @@ Cases[PolyhedronData["Icosahedron", "Graphics3D"] , _GraphicsComplex][[1]] work for you> $\endgroup$ Dec 4, 2017 at 20:15
  • $\begingroup$ Yes, it does work. Is it expected that Volume returns 0 in the all cases? $\endgroup$ Dec 4, 2017 at 20:19
  • $\begingroup$ @AlexeyPopkov Yes, they are surfaces. Ah, I see, PolyhedronData["Icosahedron", "MeshRegion"] is volumetric... $\endgroup$ Dec 4, 2017 at 20:22
  • $\begingroup$ @J.M. Thank you, I really appreciate that! $\endgroup$ Mar 13, 2018 at 18:04

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