A graph-constructive approach to solving systems of geometric constraints

  • Authors:
  • Ioannis Fudos;Christoph M. Hoffmann

  • Affiliations:
  • Univ. of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece;Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN

  • Venue:
  • ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG)
  • Year:
  • 1997

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Abstract

A graph-constructive approach to solving systems of geometric constraints capable of effeciently handling well-constrained, overconstrained, and underconstrained configurations is presented. The geometric constraint solver works in two phases: in the analysis phase the constraint graph is analyzed and a sequence of elementary construction steps is derived, and then in the construction phase the sequence of construction steps in actually carried out. The analysis phase of the algorithm is described in detail, its correctness is proved, and an efficient algorith to realized it is presented. The scope of the graph analysis is then extended by utilizing semantic information in the form of anlge derivations, and by extending the repertoire of the construction steps. Finally, the construction phase is briefly discussed.