Title :
Manipulation of Elastically Deformable Surfaces through Maya Plug-in
Author :
You, L.H. ; Rodriguez, Javier Romero ; Zhang, Jian J.
Author_Institution :
Nat. Centre for Comput. Animation, Bournemouth Univ.
Abstract :
In this paper, we develop a mathematical model from the theory of plate bending in elasticity which relates physical properties of a surface to its elastic deformation. We present the finite difference solution of the mathematical model and implement it using the Maya API and the MEL scripting language. We examine the effects of material properties and other factors on surface shapes and demonstrate applications of the proposed approach in controlling the shape of elastically deformable surfaces
Keywords :
application program interfaces; computer animation; finite difference methods; solid modelling; surface fitting; MEL scripting language; Maya API; Maya plug-in; computer animation; elastically deformable surface shape manipulation; finite difference solution; mathematical model; plate bending theory; Animation; Elasticity; Mathematical model; Partial differential equations; Shape control; Solid modeling; Spline; Surface cracks; Surface reconstruction; Surface topography; Elastically deformable surfaces; Maya; computer animation; finite difference solution; implementation; mathematical model; shape manipulation;
Conference_Titel :
Geometric Modeling and Imaging--New Trends, 2006
Conference_Location :
London, England
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2604-7
DOI :
10.1109/GMAI.2006.33
