Free-form deformation of solid models in CSR.

Lai Chi-fai.Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2000.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 98-99).Abstracts in English and Chinese.Chapter 1. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.7Chapter 1.1 --- Motivations and objectives --- p.7Chapter 1.2 --- Thesis Organization --- p.10Chapter 2. --- related works --- p.11Chapter 2.1 --- Deformation Techniques --- p.11Chapter 2.1.1 --- Deformation techniques requiring a deformation tool --- p.11Chapter 2.1.2 --- Directly specified deformation techniques --- p.14Chapter 2.1.3 --- Comparison on Different Deformation Technique --- p.15Chapter 2.2 --- Application of Deformation --- p.16Chapter 2.2.1 --- Deforming superquadrics --- p.16Chapter 2.2.2 --- Volume wraping --- p.16Chapter 2.2.3 --- Deforming linear object --- p.17Chapter 2.2.4 --- FFD for animation synthesis --- p.17Chapter 2.2.5 --- Using FFD on feature-based Surface --- p.18Chapter 2.2.6 --- NURBS-BASED Free-Form Deformation (NFFD) --- p.18Chapter 2.3 --- Algebraic Patch Techniques --- p.20Chapter 2.3.1 --- Dahmen's scheme --- p.20Chapter 2.3.2 --- Lodha and Warren's technique --- p.20Chapter 2.3.3 --- Guo's method --- p.21Chapter 3. --- BACKGROUND THEORIES --- p.22Chapter 3.1 --- Algebraic Patches --- p.22Chapter 3.1.1 --- Bernstein-Bezier representation of a single patch --- p.22Chapter 3.1.2 --- Constructing free-form objects --- p.29Chapter 3.1.2.1 --- Bounding volumes for quadric patches --- p.29Chapter 3.1.2.2 --- Filling two-sided gaps --- p.31Chapter 3.2 --- Constructive Shell Representation --- p.35Chapter 3.2.1 --- Properties of quadric patches and its construction tetrahedron and trunctets --- p.38Chapter 3.3 --- Free-Form Deformation --- p.40Chapter 3.3.1 --- Formulating free-form deformation --- p.40Chapter 4. --- FREE-FORM DEFORMATION OF CSR SOLID MODELS --- p.43Chapter 4.1 --- Determination of Lattice Structure --- p.43Chapter 4.2 --- "Relation between weights, normals and shape of a trunctet" --- p.46Chapter 4.3 --- Applying FFD on CSR solid models --- p.49Chapter 4.3.1 --- Deforming normal at vertices --- p.52Chapter 4.3.2 --- Using vertices' neighborhoods --- p.54Chapter 4.4 --- Free-Form Deformation of CSR objects by Surface Fitting --- p.57Chapter 4.4.1 --- Deforming a single surface patch --- p.57Chapter 4.4.1.1 --- Locating surface points --- p.59Chapter 4.4.1.2 --- Conversion between barycentric and Cartesian coordinates --- p.61Chapter 4.4.1.3 --- Evaluating the deformed surface patch --- p.62Chapter 4.4.1.4 --- Saddle shape trunctet --- p.64Chapter 4.4.1.5 --- Using double tetrahedrons --- p.66Chapter 4.4.1.6 --- Surface subdivision --- p.69Chapter 4.4.2 --- Deforming Entire Solid Model --- p.72Chapter 4.4.3 --- Comparison on different approaches --- p.75Chapter 4.5 --- Conversion of CSG solid Models into CSR --- p.76Chapter 4.5.1 --- Converting halfspaces into CSR objects --- p.77Chapter 5. --- IMPLEMENTATION AND RESULTS --- p.82Chapter 5.1 --- Implementation --- p.82Chapter 5.2 --- Experimental Results --- p.84Chapter 6. --- CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER WORK --- p.93Chapter 6.1 --- Conclusion --- p.93Chapter 6.2 --- Suggestions for further work --- p.9

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