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Automated Constraint Placement to Maintain Pile Shape

Shu-Wei Hsu, John Keyser

We present a simulation control to support art-directable stacking designs by automatically adding constraints to stabilize the stacking structure. We begin by adapting equilibrium analysis in a local scheme to find “stable” objects of the stacking structure. Next, for stabilizing the structure, we pick suitable objects from those passing the  equilibrium analysis and then restrict their DOFs by managing the insertion of constraints on them. The method is suitable for controlling stacking behavior of large scale. Results show that our control method can be used in varied ways for creating plausible animation. In addition, the method can be easily implemented as a plug-in into existing simulation solvers without changing the fundamental operations of the solvers.

Automated Constraint Placement to Maintain Pile Shape

Posted by christopherbatty on September 30th, 2012 Posted in Rigid bodies
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