Measurement of Error in 3D Polygonal Model Using MAYA API

Generally applications in computer graphics use very high detailed models. These models are too complex for the limited hardware capacity and take much time to render and to transmit. Related fields can benefit from simplification of complex polygonal models. This introduces errors in the models during the process of simplification. It is required to measure the error in the model during simplification to judge the quality of the 3D model. This paper proposes a fast and easy method to estimate the error in 3D models as a valuable tool for managing data complexity. This algorithm is implemented on 4 different sets of models. Each set contains models at different number of polygon levels. Experiments are repeated to measure error on them at each level. In order to gain in both memory and speed, VC++ API is developed and created a MLL (Maya link library) to load as a plug-in in Maya.