Activation force splines

Morten Pol Engell-Nørregård, Kenny Erleben

Abstract

We present a method for simulating the active contraction of deformable models, usable for interactive animation of soft deformable objects.
We present a novel physical principle as the governing equation for the coupling between the low dimensional 1D activation force model and the higher dimensional 2D/3D deformable model.
Our activation splines are easy to set up and can be used for physics based animation of deformable models such as snake motion and locomotion of characters. Our approach generalises easily to both 2D and 3D simulations and is applicable in physics based games or animations due to its simplicity and very low computational cost.
Original languageEnglish
Publication date2012
Number of pages2
Publication statusPublished - 2012
EventACM/Eurographics Symposium on Computer Animation - Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
Duration: 29 Jul 201231 Jul 2012
Conference number: 11

Conference

ConferenceACM/Eurographics Symposium on Computer Animation
Number11
Location Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Country/TerritorySwitzerland
CityLausanne
Period29/07/201231/07/2012

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