| dc.creator | Beaudoin, Jacob Michael | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-02-22T20:41:21Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-02-22T20:41:21Z | |
| dc.date.created | 2004 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013-02-22 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2004-Fellows-Thesis-B44 | |
| dc.description | Due to the character of the original source materials and the nature of batch digitization, quality control issues may be present in this document. Please report any quality issues you encounter to digital@library.tamu.edu, referencing the URI of the item. | en |
| dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 28-30). | en |
| dc.description.abstract | In this paper we describe a method for simulating motion of realistically complex plants interactively. We use a precomputation stage to generate the plant structure, along with a set of simulation levels of detail. The levels of detail are made by continuously grouping branches starting from the tips of the branches and working toward the trunk. Grouped branches are simulated as single branches that have similar simulation characteristics to the original branches. During run-time, we traverse the plant and determine the allowable error in the simulation of branch motion. This allows us to choose the appropriate simulation level of detail and we provide smooth transitions from level to level. Our level of detail approach affects only the simulation parameters, allowing geometry to be handled independently. Using this method we can significantly improve simulation times for complex trees. | en |
| dc.format.medium | electronic | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Texas A&M University | |
| dc.rights | This thesis was part of a retrospective digitization project authorized by the Texas A&M University Libraries in 2008. Copyright remains vested with the author(s). It is the user's responsibility to secure permission from the copyright holder(s) for re-use of the work beyond the provision of Fair Use. | en |
| dc.subject | computer engineering. | en |
| dc.subject | Major computer engineering. | en |
| dc.title | Simulation levels of detail for plant motion | en |
| thesis.degree.department | computer engineering | en |
| thesis.degree.discipline | computer engineering | en |
| thesis.degree.name | Fellows Thesis | en |
| thesis.degree.level | Undergraduate | en |
| dc.type.genre | thesis | en |
| dc.type.material | text | en |
| dc.format.digitalOrigin | reformatted digital | en |
