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Computer Animation and Simulation 2001 pp 37–47Cite as

Mixing Triangle Meshes and Implicit Surfaces in Character Animation

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This paper presents a technique for mixing implicit surfaces and mesh models in character modeling and animation. Implicit surfaces provide an organic aspect to standard triangle meshes and are used to add specific features. We propose a method for generating a smooth mesh from both a coarse triangle mesh and implicit primitives. The final model may be animated and displayed in real time.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Infogrames, 82-84 rue du 1 Mars 1943, 69628, Villeurbanne Cedex, France

    Antoine Leclercq

  2. L.I.G.I.M, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, B.P. 163, 69131, Ecully Cedex, France

    S. Akkouche

  3. L.I.G.I.M, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 69622, Villeurbanne Cedex, France

    E. Galin

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  1. MIRA Laboratory, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

    Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann

  2. Computer Graphics Laboratory, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Daniel Thalmann

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Leclercq, A., Akkouche, S., Galin, E. (2001). Mixing Triangle Meshes and Implicit Surfaces in Character Animation. In: Magnenat-Thalmann, N., Thalmann, D. (eds) Computer Animation and Simulation 2001. Eurographics. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-6240-8_4

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