Hello!
I’ve got a few 3d-models which aren’t drawn very cleanly - that is: There are some faces which are never visible from any point of view - as for example two intersecting spheres.
Having given up googling for an answer I was searching for a clean way to remove the hidden faces but didn’t come to a “clean” (that is: mathematically correct) solution.
Such a solution would mean to find all triangles for which it is impossible to cast a ray from anywhere of it’s surface to a point sufficiently far away without intersecting any other triangle.
Having thought about this this would form an (in-)equation system that contains different equations as well as inequalities: First one knows the ray is originated on the triangle to test for invisibility:
P = A + a*AB + b*AC , a>=0, b>= 0, a+b <= 1
and the ray cast from it
R = P + c * D
may not intersect with any triangle
T = Q + s*S + r*R, s+r <= 1, s>=0, r>= 0
.
which leads to:
R != T, for any (valid) a,b,c,D,T (in all other triangles)
.
Can this be solved efficiently? Is there software performing perfect non-realtime face removal?