A system for modelling and visualization of cloth material
Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
1995
DOI
10.1016/0097-8493(95)00012-2
Abstract
This paper describes some developments in techniques for the visualization of the shapes of cloth materials when suspended at given points or draped over a rigid surface. The material is modelled by a set of energy equations, which takes the bending constant, density, elasticity, diagonal-to-axial strength ratio, and rigidity into account. The material will be in an equilibrium state when the energy is a minimum. The work described extends existing methods by employing a more efficient energy minimization technique and by reducing directional errors of the relaxation process. The technique has been implemented for a PC in the C language and generates data in a standard format suitable for display on commercial rendering software packages.
Source Publication
Computers & Graphics
Volume Number
19
Issue Number
3
First Page
423
Last Page
430
Recommended Citation
Ng, H.,Grimsdale, R.,& Allen, W. (1995). A system for modelling and visualization of cloth material. Computers & Graphics, 19 (3), 423-430. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0097-8493(95)00012-2