Mesh Deformation Using Kinematic Constraints (2nd Report)

Extracting Kinematic Models from Geometry

Abstract

Recently, mesh deformation techniques have been intensively studied. Such methods preserve differential properties of the original meshes as possible, fulfilling given constraints. We propose a method of the mesh deformation with kinematic models to control implicit kinematic constraints between handles of the deformation. In this report, we describe the method of extracting kinematic models from geometry and mapping motions of the models to transformations of the handles.