Mesh updates

MIGRATION_GUIDE.md

@@ -1933,6 +1933,47 @@ Important details:
 See `development/mesh/check_marching_cubes.py` for reference comparisons and
 `development/mesh/benchmark_marching_cubes.py` for reproducible timings.
 
+### Mesh Smoothing
+
+Laplacian mesh smoothing is available as `bic.mesh.smooth_mesh`. It was moved
+from `bic.utils.smooth_mesh`; the old location is no longer available. The C++
+API likewise moved from `#include "bioimage_cpp/mesh_smoothing.hxx"` and
+`bioimage_cpp::smooth_mesh` to `#include "bioimage_cpp/mesh/smoothing.hxx"`
+and `bioimage_cpp::mesh::smooth_mesh`.
+
+### Mesh Simplification
+
+Topology-preserving triangle-mesh simplification is available as
+`bic.mesh.simplify_mesh`. It uses quadric-error edge collapses, preserves
+manifold topology and open boundaries, and applies configurable soft penalties
+to sharp features:
+
+    vertices, faces, _, values = bic.mesh.marching_cubes(
+        volume, level=0.5, allow_degenerate=False
+    )
+    vertices, faces, normals, values = bic.mesh.simplify_mesh(
+        vertices,
+        faces,
+        reduction=0.8,
+        values=values,
+        feature_angle=45.0,
+        feature_weight=10.0,
+    )
+
+`reduction` is the approximate fraction of input faces to remove. A mesh can
+stop above its target if no topology- and boundary-safe collapse remains.
+Normals are recomputed from the final face geometry. Optional scalar values are
+interpolated along collapsed edges; the fourth return item is `None` when
+values are omitted. Vertices and values preserve float32/float64 input dtypes,
+while returned faces are int64.
+
+The input must be a non-empty, consistently oriented triangle 2-manifold with
+no duplicate, zero-area, or unreferenced geometry. Use
+`marching_cubes(..., allow_degenerate=False)` before simplification; invalid
+meshes are rejected rather than silently repaired.
+
+
+
 ### Anti-Aliased Resampling
 
 `affine_transform` itself never pre-smooths the input; downsampling without

README.md

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 Image processing and segmentation functionality in C++ with light-weight python bindings through nanobind and minimal dependencies to enable distribution via pip.
 
 The package includes dependency-free triangle-mesh extraction from 3D volumes
-and segmentation masks under `bioimage_cpp.mesh`.
+and segmentation masks, plus Laplacian mesh smoothing, under `bioimage_cpp.mesh`.
 
 The `bioimage_cpp` python library can be installed via pip:
 ```bash

development/utils/benchmark_mesh_smoothing.py → development/mesh/benchmark_mesh_smoothing.py

@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 
 Run::
 
-    python development/utils/benchmark_mesh_smoothing.py --n-vertices 5000 --iterations 5 --repeats 3
-    python development/utils/benchmark_mesh_smoothing.py --n-vertices 20000 --threads 1,2,4,0
+    python development/mesh/benchmark_mesh_smoothing.py --n-vertices 5000 --iterations 5 --repeats 3
+    python development/mesh/benchmark_mesh_smoothing.py --n-vertices 20000 --threads 1,2,4,0
 
 Notes
 -----
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ def main() -> int:
         label = f"bioimage_cpp[n_threads={n_threads}]"
 
         def run(verts=mesh.verts, normals=mesh.normals, faces=mesh.faces, n=n_threads):
-            bic.utils.smooth_mesh(verts, normals, faces, iterations=args.iterations, n_threads=n)
+            bic.mesh.smooth_mesh(verts, normals, faces, iterations=args.iterations, n_threads=n)
 
         times = time_call(run, args.repeats, args.warmup)
         rows.append(
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ def run_ref():
     # exact agreement; see module docstring).
     if reference is not None:
         ref_v, ref_n = reference(mesh.verts, mesh.normals, mesh.faces, 1)
-        ours_v, ours_n = bic.utils.smooth_mesh(mesh.verts, mesh.normals, mesh.faces, iterations=1)
+        ours_v, ours_n = bic.mesh.smooth_mesh(mesh.verts, mesh.normals, mesh.faces, iterations=1)
         v_max_diff = float(np.max(np.abs(ours_v - ref_v)))
         n_max_diff = float(np.max(np.abs(ours_n - ref_n)))
         print(f"Correctness vs reference (iterations=1): "