Method and system for interactive simulation of materials
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1. A method for simulating rigid, semi-rigid, and flexible components of materials comprising:
- (a) defining on a network device with one or more processors, one or more individual components for each of one or more entities being simulated, wherein a three-dimensional (3D) entity includes at least four individual components combined into the 3D entity being simulated;
(b) defining for each of the one or more individual components, a force transmission parameter obtained from a plurality of force transmission parameter values, such that a selected entity'"'"'s rigid mass is greater than zero and less than its total mass, the plurality of force transmission parameter values including a first force transmission parameter value representing a fully flexible component, a second force transmission parameter value representing a fully rigid component and a plurality of other force transmission parameter values with values in-between the first force transmission parameter value and the second force transmission parameter value representing varying levels of semi-rigidity, wherein the selected entity'"'"'s rigid mass is calculated according to the equation;
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Abstract
A method and system for interactive simulation of materials. The method and system provide flexible simulation, the ability to combine rigid and flexible simulation, a collision-detection method for simulating objects and other entities, and a system for displaying and interacting with simulated objects which includes a harness for registering the hardware components of the simulation with respect to each other.
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1. A method for simulating rigid, semi-rigid, and flexible components of materials comprising:
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(a) defining on a network device with one or more processors, one or more individual components for each of one or more entities being simulated, wherein a three-dimensional (3D) entity includes at least four individual components combined into the 3D entity being simulated; (b) defining for each of the one or more individual components, a force transmission parameter obtained from a plurality of force transmission parameter values, such that a selected entity'"'"'s rigid mass is greater than zero and less than its total mass, the plurality of force transmission parameter values including a first force transmission parameter value representing a fully flexible component, a second force transmission parameter value representing a fully rigid component and a plurality of other force transmission parameter values with values in-between the first force transmission parameter value and the second force transmission parameter value representing varying levels of semi-rigidity, wherein the selected entity'"'"'s rigid mass is calculated according to the equation; - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A system for simultaneously simulating rigid, semi-rigid and flexible components of an entity, comprising in combination:
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means for defining on a network device with one or more processors, one or more individual components for each of one or more entities to be simulated, wherein a three-dimensional (3D) entity includes at least four individual components combined into the 3D entity being simulated; means for defining for each of the one or more individual components, a force transmission parameter obtained from a plurality of force transmission parameter values, such that an entity'"'"'s rigid mass is greater than zero, and less than its total mass, the plurality of force transmission parameter values including a first force transmission parameter value representing a fully flexible component, a second force transmission parameter value representing a fully rigid component and a plurality of other force transmission parameter values with values in-between the first force transmission parameter value and the second force transmission parameter value representing varying levels of semi-rigidity, wherein the selected entity'"'"'s rigid mass is calculated according to the equation; - View Dependent Claims (29, 30)
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