Automated generation of control skeletons for use in animation Export

@article{citeulike:2231177, abstract = {This paper describes an algorithm for automatically generating a control skeleton (sometimes called an IK skeleton) for use in animating a polygonal data model. The algorithm consists of several steps, each of which is performed automatically. The basic process involves discretizing the figure, computing its discrete medial surface (DMS), and then using the DMS both to create the skeletal structure and to attach the vertices of the model to that structure. The system can produce a reasonably good control skeleton for any of a variety of figures in as little as 1 or 2 min on a low-end PC.}, author = {Wade, Lawson and Parent, Richard E.}, citeulike-article-id = {2231177}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s003710100139}, day = {12}, doi = {10.1007/s003710100139}, journal = {The Visual Computer}, keywords = {animation, distance-field, skeleton, voxel}, month = {April}, number = {2}, pages = {97--110}, posted-at = {2008-01-14 17:21:05}, priority = {2}, title = {Automated generation of control skeletons for use in animation}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s003710100139}, volume = {18}, year = {2002} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2231177 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2231177 N2 - This paper describes an algorithm for automatically generating a control skeleton (sometimes called an IK skeleton) for use in animating a polygonal data model. The algorithm consists of several steps, each of which is performed automatically. The basic process involves discretizing the figure, computing its discrete medial surface (DMS), and then using the DMS both to create the skeletal structure and to attach the vertices of the model to that structure. The system can produce a reasonably good control skeleton for any of a variety of figures in as little as 1 or 2 min on a low-end PC. IS - 2 JF - The Visual Computer EP - 110 TI - Automated generation of control skeletons for use in animation VL - 18 SP - 97 KW - animation KW - distance-field KW - skeleton KW - voxel AU - Wade, Lawson AU - Parent, Richard PY - 2002/04/12/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s003710100139 ER -