<s>
A	O
polygon	B-Data_Structure
soup	I-Data_Structure
is	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
unorganized	O
polygons	O
,	O
typically	O
triangles	O
,	O
before	O
the	O
application	O
of	O
any	O
structuring	O
operation	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
octree	B-Data_Structure
grouping	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
term	O
must	O
not	O
to	O
be	O
confused	O
with	O
the	O
"	O
PolySoup	O
"	O
operation	O
available	O
in	O
the	O
3D	O
package	O
Houdini	B-Application
,	O
whose	O
goal	O
is	O
to	O
optimize	O
the	O
storage	O
space	O
needed	O
by	O
some	O
piece	O
of	O
geometry	O
through	O
the	O
reduction	O
of	O
the	O
underlying	O
number	O
of	O
polygon	B-Data_Structure
soups	I-Data_Structure
used	O
in	O
its	O
representation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
those	O
cases	O
,	O
reducing	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
polygon	B-Data_Structure
soups	I-Data_Structure
required	O
to	O
represent	O
such	O
data	O
can	O
lead	O
to	O
important	O
savings	O
in	O
storage	O
use	O
and	O
compute	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
