Physics-based modeling techniques have been shown to be advanced methods for creating high quality surfaces for application in CAGD. In this paper we propose a physics-based Temporal Computational Object (TCO) as a modeling process that simulates a liquid membrane to generate organic free-form models. This process compliments existing solid and elastic physics based modeling processes by simulating a common liquid phase of matter. The simulation consists of a mesh that undergoes motion in response to surface tension and other energies, resulting in a smooth, minimum energy surface. The surface is produced via a dynamic process that is directed and influenced by user-defined scalar and vector fields, boundary conditions and a variety of internal parameters and topologies. These surfaces include multiple free intersecting surfaces, volume-preserving surfaces and periodic surfaces. We provide a wide range of examples that show high quality physics-based surfaces. © 2008 Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
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Swanson, K. W., Brakke, K. A., & Breen, D. E. (2008). Temporal computational objects: A process for dynamic surface generation. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) (Vol. 5359 LNCS, pp. 959–969). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-89646-3_96
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