Abstract
The modelling technique employed for the early phase of industrial design determines the appropriateness of computer-aided tools for the support of creative and intuitive design processes. For the transition phase from 2D sketching to the provision of an accurate CAD model, a highly interactive modelling tool is required. The challenge is to allow for both flexibility in rapid shape modification and the consistent consideration of conceptual requirements defining the engineering layout of a consumer product. The modelling technique „virtual clay modeling“ is presented which is based on strong analogies to conventional methods of clay modelling. Modelling tools are provided for the industrial designer which can be guided through the virtual clay model. The virtual clay modeller is the basis for a prototype system which provides for the visualization of highlight-lines for shape evaluation, manufacturing of rapid prototyping models and VR interaction techniques to aid in the guidance of modelling tools.
This paper is based on the doctoral dissertation of Lüddemann (1996)
Chapter PDF
Similar content being viewed by others
Keywords
References
Beier, K.-P. and Chen, Y. (1994) Highlight-line Algorithm for Realtime Surface-Quality Assessment. Computer-Aided Design, Vol. 26, No. 4, April 1994, 268–75
Bertone, N. (1993) No Limit Design. International Conference on Time to Market in the Automotive Industry, Torino, Italy, 15.6.–17. 6, 1993, 199–206
Galyean, T.A. and Hughes, J.F. (1991) Sculpting: An Interactive Volumetric Modelling Technique. Proceedings SIGGRAPH ´91, Computer Graphics, 25 (4): 267–74
Jense, G. J. (1989) Voxel-Based Methods for CAD. Computer-Aided Design, Vol. 21, No. 8, 528–33
Krause, F.-L.; Lüddemann, J. and Kehler, T. (1994) Rechnerintegriertes Industriedesign. VDI-Berichte Nr. 1148. VDI Verlag: Düsseldorf, 1994, 501–16
Krause, F.-L.; Lüddeman, J. and Striepe, A. (1995) Conceptual Modelling for Industrial Design. Annals of the CIRP 44/1: 137–40
Krause, F.-L.; Lüddeman, J. and Rieger, E. (1996) Feature-Based Modelling of Conceptual Requirements for Styling. Proceedings IFIP WG 5.3, Life Cycle Modelling for Innovative Products and Processes, Berlin Nov./Dec. 1995, F.-L. Krause and H. Jansen (Edts.), London, Chapman & Hall, 1996
Lüddemann, J. (1996) Virtuelle Tonmodellierung zur skizzierenden Formgestaltung im Industriedesign, accepted dissertation, Berlin, 1996
Meagher, D. (1984) Geometric Modelling Using Octree Encoding. Computer Graphics and Image Processing 19, 1982, 129–47
Menon, J.; Marisa, R.J. and Zagajac, J. (1994) More Powerful Solid Modelling through Ray Representation. IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, May 1994, 22–35
Mischok, P., Alber, S.; Robb, D.: Anwendung neuer CA-Techniken im Automobildesign der BMW AG. VDI-Berichte Nr. 993.2: VDI Verlag: Düsseldorf, 1992, S. 141–157.
N.N. (1995) The Open Inventor, Release 2. 0, 1995
Pipes, A. (1990) Zeichnen für Designer: wie Produkte ihre Form finden. Augsburg: Augustus-Verlag, 1990
Tovey, M. (1994) Form Creation Techniques for Automotive CAD. Design Studies, 15 (1): 85–114
Wang, S.W. and Kaufman, A.E. (1995) Volume Sculpting, in: Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics, Montery CA: ACM SIGGRAPH, 1995, 151–56
Wernecke, J. (1994) The Inventor Toolmaker — Extending Open Inventor, Release 2. Reading Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley, 1994
Yamada, Y., 1993, Clay Modelling: Techniques for Giving Three-Dimensional Form to Idea, Car Styling Extra Issue, Vol. 93½
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 1997 IFIP International Federation for Information Processing
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Krause, FL., Lüddemann, J. (1997). Virtual Clay Modelling. In: Pratt, M.J., Sriram, R.D., Wozny, M.J. (eds) Product Modeling for Computer Integrated Design and Manufacture. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35187-2_14
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35187-2_14
Publisher Name: Springer, Boston, MA
Print ISBN: 978-1-5041-2887-2
Online ISBN: 978-0-387-35187-2
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive