Swirling-sweepers: constant-volume modeling

  • Authors:
  • Alexis Angelidis;Marie-Paule Cani;Geoff Wyvill;Scott King

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Otago, New Zealand;Labaratoire GRAVIR, France;University of Otago, New Zealand;University of Otago, New Zealand

  • Venue:
  • Graphical Models - Special issue on PG2004
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

Swirling-sweepers is a new method for modeling shapes while preserving volume. The artist describes a deformation by dragging a point along a path. The method is independent of the geometric representation of the shape. It preserves volume and avoids self-intersections, both local and global. It is capable of unlimited stretching and the deformation can be constrained to affect only a part of the model. We argue that all of these properties are necessary for interactive modeling if the user is to have the impression that he or she is shaping a real material. Our method is the first to implement all five.