1. A method for modeling a graphics object, comprising: providing a model of the graphics object; generating a first adaptively sampled distance field for the model; constructing a topological hint; generating a second adaptively sampled distance field for the topological hint; sampling first locations of the second adaptively sampled distance field to determine a corresponding topological feature for each location; determining second locations in the first adaptively sampled distance field from the corresponding topological features of the second adaptively sampled distance field; and sampling the first adaptively sampled distance field at the second locations to determine a distance value for each of the second locations to model the graphics object according to the topological hint.