VisteoPhysic.

People involved : Cesar Mendoza, Kenneth Sundaraj, Christian Laugier.

Abstract:

This library provides efficient tools for deformable object simulation. It includes the Finite Element Method (FEM) and the Long Element Method (LEM) deformable models for physical simulation. It also has interactions models for collision detection, exact distance computation, and contact localization of three-dimensional polygonal objects. These objects can be concave or convex, rigid or deformable. This library is numerically robust - the algorithms are not subject to conditioning problems, and requires no special handling of nongeneric cases. VisteoPhysic has been implemented in standard C++ and relies heavily on STL in order to be as fast and memory efficient. The library was developed in collaboration with XL-Studio and is patented under the french APP patent #IDDN.FR.001.210025.000.S.P.2004.000.10000