@article{Thakur200965,
title = "A survey of \{CAD\} model simplification techniques for physics-based simulation applications ",
journal = "Computer-Aided Design ",
volume = "41",
number = "2",
pages = "65 - 80",
year = "2009",
note = "",
issn = "0010-4485",
doi = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cad.2008.11.009",
url = "http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010448508002285",
author = "Atul Thakur and Ashis Gopal Banerjee and Satyandra K. Gupta",
keywords = "\{CAD\} model simplification",
keywords = "Physics-based simulation ",
abstract = "Automated \{CAD\} model simplification plays an important role in effectively utilizing physics-based simulation during the product realization process. Currently a rich body of literature exists that describe many successful techniques for fully-automatic or semi-automatic simplification of \{CAD\} models for a wide variety of applications. The purpose of this paper is to compile a list of the techniques that are relevant for physics-based simulations problems and to characterize them based on their attributes. We have classified them into the following four categories: techniques based on surface entity based operators, volume entity based operators, explicit feature based operators, and dimension reduction operators. This paper also presents the necessary background information in the \{CAD\} model representation to assist the new readers. We conclude the paper by outlining open research directions in this field. "
}