Its basic idea is to distribute a set of new points onto original models on some principle, create an intermediate mesh. These points are figured out based on the features of model or defined by user.

该算法的基本思想是：根据模型特征或由用户定义一定数量的新点，再根据某些原则将新点分布到原模型上，生成一个中间网格。

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The change came as Itron's research group in Paris realized it could exploit inexpensive new wireless chips and open-source software to create a so-called mesh network of electric meters that passed information among themselves, like firemen in a bucket brigade, instead of relying on expensive and less reliable individual connections to the Internet.

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