Lecture: Geometric Modeling and Animation (Modul IGMA)

[LSF] [Moodle]

Important

2020-11-03:The lecture will be held using Webex. Please visit Moodle for the respective links.
2020-10-30:The Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst Baden-Württemberg informs that hybrid lecturing for our type of lectures is prohibited at least until end of November. Thus, the lecture will be virtual at least until end of November.
2020-10-29:This course will take place in hybrid form, that is, part of the students will be admitted to the physical lecture room (subject to Corona hygiene regulations), while the others can attend online via a conferencing system. Additionally, we will record the (anonymized) lectures for offline participation. To be able to establish a procedure for schedling this admittance to the physical room, the lecture will be virtual during the first week of lecture time (on November 3 and November 4), i.e., all participants will connect via a conferencing system during the first week. Please register within Moodle by Tuesday November 3, for handing in exercises, admittance to the physical room etc. The conferencing system will be either Cisco Webex or heiCONF, with a preference for heiCONF.

Lecturer

Prof. Dr. Filip Sadlo

Assistants

M.Sc. Philipp Wimmmerphilipp.wimmer@iwr.uni-heidelberg.de
Abhit Patilabhit.patil@stud.uni-heidelberg.de

Contact

sekretariat.sadlo@iwr.uni-heidelberg.de, philipp.wimmer@iwr.uni-heidelberg.de, sadlo@uni-heidelberg.de

Description

Modeling of geometry and its animation has a wide range of applications, ranging from scientific representation to computer animation. This course covers the foundations, together with advanced techniques, for the representation of curves and surfaces, the dynamics of their parameters, and animation in general. It covers both phenomenological as well as physically based approaches for animation, and presents their application, including particle systems, deformation, and techniques for character animation.

Content

  • Introduction to curves
  • Interpolating curves
  • Bézier curves
  • B-Splines
  • Rational curves
  • Introduction to surfaces
  • Tensor product surfaces
  • Transfinite surfaces and extrusion
  • Subdivision
  • Subdivision surfaces
  • Animation and simulation
  • Rigid body kinematics
  • Particle systems
  • Mass–spring models
  • Cloth modeling
  • Numerical methods for differential equations
  • Collision detection and handling
  • Fluid simulation and natural phenomena

Schedule

Lecture

Tuesday   14:15–15:45   conferencing system (TBA)   
Wednesday   11:15–12:45   conferencing system (TBA)   

Exercises

Thursday   14:15–15:45   conferencing system (TBA)   

Suggested Prerequisites

  • Einführung in die Praktische Informatik
  • Programmierkurs
  • Algorithmen und Datenstrukturen
  • Computergraphik (1 & 2) / Computer Graphics
  • Scientific Visualization

Literature

  • Curves and Surfaces for CAGD, A Practical Guide, G. Farin, Morgan Kaufmann, 2002
  • Computer Animation, Algorithms and Techniques, R. Parent, Morgan Kaufmann, 2002
  • 3D Game Engine Design: A Practical Approach to Real-Time Computer Graphics, D. Eberly, Morgan Kaufmann, 2000
  • Graphische Datenverarbeitung I, J. Encarnacao, W. Straßer, R. Klein, 4. Auflage, Oldenbourg 1996
  • Advanced Animation and Rendering Techniques, A. Watt, M. Watt, Addison-Wesley, 1992
  • Grundlagen der geometrischen Datenverarbeitung, J. Hoschek, D. Lasser, Teubner 1992
  • Numerical Recipes, The Art of Scientific Computing, W.H. Press, P. Flannery, S.A. Teukolsky, W.T. Vetterling, Cambridge University Press, 1986