DualCube: Robust Polycube Maps

Maxim Snoep, via algo at (TU/e)

DualCube is a research-driven implementation of robust algorithms for polycube map construction¹².

🚀 Getting Started

Prerequisites

Install Rust and Cargo using the official installer.

Download

git clone https://www.github.com/maximsnoep/DualCube

Update

git pull

Build and run

cargo run -p gui

🛠️ To-Do

Planned features and improvements:

• Compound state handling (dual -> seg -> quad -> hex)
• Manual loop editing tools
• Realizability under parameter constraints
• Automatic loop initialization for high-genus surfaces
• Loop computation using direction fields
• Camera position export/import
• PNG export for renders (to replace screenshots)
• CLI frontend (using ratatui)

Footnotes

1. SNOEP M., SPECKMANN B., VERBEEK K.: Polycubes via dual loops. In Proceedings of the 2025 SIAM International Meshing Roundtable (IMR) (2025). doi:10.1137/1.9781611978575.7 ↩

2. SNOEP M., SPECKMANN B., VERBEEK K.: Robust construction of polycube segmentations via dual loops. In Proceedings of the 2025 Symposium on Geometry Processing (SGP) (2025). doi:10.1111/cgf.70195 ↩