# Boolean Operations using Generalized Winding Numbers

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/1601.07953 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/1601.07953/

## Key facts

- Cited by 1 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 29 Jan 2016.

## Built on by (most cited first, 1 of 1)

- [Differentiable Voxelization and Mesh Morphing](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2407.11272/) (2024)

## Abstract (arXiv)

The generalized winding number function measures insideness for arbitrary oriented triangle meshes. Exploiting this, I similarly generalize binary boolean operations to act on such meshes. The resulting operations for union, intersection, difference, etc. avoid volumetric discretization or pre-processing.