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HapticFlow : PDE‐based mesh editing with haptics
Author(s) -
Duan Ye,
Hua Jing,
Qin Hong
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
computer animation and virtual worlds
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.225
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1546-427X
pISSN - 1546-4261
DOI - 10.1002/cav.21
Subject(s) - haptic technology , computer science , computer graphics (images) , interface (matter) , field (mathematics) , variety (cybernetics) , human–computer interaction , flow (mathematics) , simulation , artificial intelligence , geometry , parallel computing , mathematics , bubble , maximum bubble pressure method , pure mathematics
This paper presents HapticFlow , a haptics‐based direct mesh editing system founded upon the concept of PDE‐based geometric surface flow. The proposed flow‐based approach for direct geometric manipulation offers a unified design paradigm that can seamlessly integrate implicit, distance‐field based shape modeling with dynamic, physics‐based shape design. HapticFlow provides an intuitive haptic interface and allows users to directly manipulate 3D polygonal objects with ease. To demonstrate the effectiveness of our new approach, we developed a variety of haptics‐based mesh editing operations such as embossing, engraving, sketching as well as force‐based shape manipulation operations. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.