Space deformations and their application to shape modeling
Alexis Angelidis, Karan S. Singh · 2006
We present an overview of a set of techniques called space deformations, also known as free-form deformations, warps, skinning or deformers. This family of techniques has various applications in modeling, animation, rendering or simulation, and we focus especially on their application to modeling. Space deformation techniques are mappings of space onto another space, and can therefore be applied conveniently to any embedded geometry. This independence from the underlying geometric representation of deformed shape makes even the simplest and earliest deformation techniques still applicable and popular in current industrial practice.