Since the introduction of Free Form Deformation (FFD) by Sederberg and Parry in 1986, a great deal of research has been performed in the area of space deformation for 3D shape modelling. However, many techniques do not provide local control, and almost all are non-unique mappings that are capable of producing foldover, making them unsuitable for use with implicit surfaces, or any object that should not self-intersect, and causing some problems for ray tracing. In this thesis, a new approach to deformation is presented. Blendeforming (Blended Deforming) provides foldover-free deformation with local control, which preserves implicit functions. Blendeformers are reversible deformations that are suitable for use in interactive modelling, ray tracing and image warping.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/217409 |
| Date | January 2006 |
| Creators | Mason, David, n/a |
| Publisher | University of Otago. Department of Computer Science |
| Source Sets | Australiasian Digital Theses Program |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | http://policy01.otago.ac.nz/policies/FMPro?-db=policies.fm&-format=viewpolicy.html&-lay=viewpolicy&-sortfield=Title&Type=Academic&-recid=33025&-find), Copyright David Mason |
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