Touch-enabled 3D Model Design

We present the ArtNova system for three-dimensional model design with a haptic interface. ArtNova offers the novel capability of interactively applying textures onto three-dimensional surfaces directly by brush strokes, with the orientation of the texture determined by the stroke. Building upon the framework of an earlier system, InTouch, it further provides an intuitive physically-based force response when deforming a model. This system also uses a user-centric viewing technique that seamlessly integrates the haptic and visual presentation, by taking into account the user's haptic manipulation in dynamically determining the new viewpoint locations. Our algorithm permits automatic placement of the user viewpoint to navigate about the object, or to reposition the viewpoint [Mark Foskey, Miguel A. Otaduy, and Ming C. Lin].

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