why normalize_3d_coordiante is needed?

[qiminchen]

Hi, I'm wondering why normalize_3d_coordiante is needed if the point coordinate is in range of [-0.5, 0.5]?

convolutional_occupancy_networks/src/encoder/voxels.py

Line 74 in f44d413

p_nor = normalize_3d_coordinate(p.clone(), padding=self.padding)

[pengsongyou]

Hi @qiminchen,

If you check

convolutional_occupancy_networks/src/common.py

Line 260 in f44d413

def normalize_3d_coordinate(p, padding=0.1):

you can notice that we normalize the coordinates to the range of [0, 1] with the padding as well (since we define the entire 3D space in the range of [-0.55, 0.55]). With the normalized coordintes, we can easily calculate the indices, which is later used for scatter_mean operation.

Hope it answers your questions.

[qiminchen]

thanks, that makes sense, is there any specific reason you define the 3d space in the range of [-0.55, 0.55]? If the 3d space is in the range of [-0.5, 0.5] (which I guess it's more common?), padding should be set to 0, right?

[pengsongyou]

thanks, that makes sense, is there any specific reason you define the 3d space in the range of [-0.55, 0.55]? If the 3d space is in the range of [-0.5, 0.5] (which I guess it's more common?), padding should be set to 0, right?

We were using the ShapeNet data processed and provided by Occupancy Networks, where they define the 3D space in the range of [-0.55, 0.55], so we simply followed it. You are right, if your space is in the range of [-0.5, 0.5], then you can set padding to 0.

[qiminchen]

great, thank you