Virtual sculpting : an investigation of directly manipulated free-form deformation in a virtual environment

Title: Virtual sculpting : an investigation of directly manipulated free-form deformation in a virtual environment
Creator: Gain, James Edward
ThesisAdvisor: Sewry, David
ThesisAdvisor: Clayton, Peter
Subject: Computer simulation
Subject: Computer graphics
Subject: Virtual reality
Date: 1996
Type: Thesis
Type: Masters
Type: MSc
Identifier: vital:4660
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006661
Identifier: Computer simulation
Identifier: Computer graphics
Identifier: Virtual reality
Description: This thesis presents a Virtual Sculpting system, which addresses the problem of Free-Form Solid Modelling. The disparate elements of a Polygon-Mesh representation, a Directly Manipulated Free-Form Deformation sculpting tool, and a Virtual Environment are drawn into a cohesive whole under the mantle of a clay-sculpting metaphor. This enables a user to mould and manipulate a synthetic solid interactively as if it were composed of malleable clay. The focus of this study is on the interactivity, intuitivity and versatility of such a system. To this end, a range of improvements is investigated which significantly enhances the efficiency and correctness of Directly Manipulated Free-Form Deformation, both separately and as a seamless component of the Virtual Sculpting system.
Format: 116 p., pdf
Publisher: Rhodes University, Faculty of Science, Computer Science
Language: English
Rights: Gain, James Edward

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