SHREC'13 Track: Large-scale partial shape retrieval using simulated range images

Partial shape retrieval is a challenging problem in content-based 3D model retrieval. This track intends to evaluate the performance of existing algorithms for partial retrieval. The contest is based on a new large-scale query set obtained by mimicking the range image acquisition using a standard 3D benchmark as target set. The query set contains 7200 partial meshes with different levels of complexity. Furthermore, we propose the use of new performance measures based on a partiality factor. With these characteristics, our goal is to evaluate several important aspects: effectiveness, efficiency, robustness and scalability. The obtained results of this track open new questions regarding the difficulty of the partial shape retrieval problem and the scalability of algorithms. In addition, potential future directions on this topic are identified.