General skin class, used to bind skeleton and mesh and deform the mesh. More...

#include <ObjectTypes/Skeleton/SkinT.hh>

Inheritance diagram for SkinT< MeshT >:

Public Types
typedef MeshT::Point	PointT

typedef PointT	Point

typedef PointT::value_type	Scalar

typedef SkeletonT< PointT >	Skeleton

typedef JointT< PointT >	Joint

typedef PoseT< PointT >	Pose

typedef ACG::Matrix4x4T< Scalar >	Matrix

typedef ACG::QuaternionT< Scalar >	Quaternion

typedef ACG::DualQuaternionT < Scalar >	DualQuaternion

Public Types inherited from BaseSkin
enum	Method { M_LBS = 0, M_DBS = 1 }
	Possible deformation methods. More...

typedef std::map< unsigned int, double >	SkinWeights
	Stores the joint weights per vertex. More...

Public Member Functions
	SkinT (SkeletonT< PointT > _skeleton, MeshT _mesh, int _objectID)
	constructor More...

Skeleton *	skeleton ()

void	weightsComputed (bool _flag)
	Set whether weights are computed.

bool	weightsComputed () const
	Check whether weights were computed.

Skinning
These methods are related to using a mesh as skin with this skeleton.
void	attachSkin ()
	Attach the given mesh as skin to this skeleton. More...

void	deformSkin ()
	Attach the given mesh as skin to this skeleton. More...

void	deformSkin (const AnimationHandle &_hAni, Method _method=M_LBS)
	Deforms the given skin to the pose defined by the skeleton. More...

void	releaseSkin ()
	The given mesh will be reset to its default pose and all skin properties are removed.

Public Member Functions inherited from BaseSkin
	BaseSkin (int _skeletonId)

int	skeletonId ()

Public Member Functions inherited from PerObjectData
	PerObjectData ()
	You have to provide your own constructor for your object.

virtual PerObjectData *	copyPerObjectData ()
	Copy Function. More...

Private Attributes
Skeleton *	skeleton_

MeshT *	mesh_

int	objectId_

AnimationHandle	lastAnimationHandle_

Method	lastmethod_

bool	weightsComputed_

Detailed Description

template<typename MeshT>
class SkinT< MeshT >

General skin class, used to bind skeleton and mesh and deform the mesh.

The mesh is given to the constructor. To prepare the mesh for deformation, call the SkinT::AttachSkin method.

Definition at line 12 of file SkinT.hh.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

template<typename MeshT >

SkinT< MeshT >::SkinT	(	SkeletonT< PointT > *	_skeleton,
		MeshT *	_mesh,
		int	_objectID
	)

constructor

Parameters

_skeleton	Pointer to the skeleton which will be skinned
_mesh	Pointer to the mesh that is the skin
_objectID	ObjectId of the Skeleton

Definition at line 61 of file SkinT.cc.

Member Function Documentation

template<typename MeshT >

void SkinT< MeshT >::attachSkin ( )

virtual

Attach the given mesh as skin to this skeleton.

The mesh will be equipped with two properties. One holding the original vertex coordinates, a second holding the per vertex weights for the joints. The bone weights are derived from the segment information stored with the bones and in a vertex based mesh property called "Face Segment".

Implements BaseSkin.

Definition at line 99 of file SkinT.cc.

template<typename MeshT >

void SkinT< MeshT >::deformSkin ( )

virtual

Attach the given mesh as skin to this skeleton.

The mesh will be equipped with two properties. One holding the original vertex coordinates, a second holding the per vertex weights for the joints. The bone weights are derived from the segment information stored with the bones and in a vertex based mesh property called "Face Segment".

Implements BaseSkin.

Definition at line 120 of file SkinT.cc.

template<typename MeshT >

void SkinT< MeshT >::deformSkin	(	const AnimationHandle &	_hAni,
		Method	_method = `M_LBS`
	)

virtual

Deforms the given skin to the pose defined by the skeleton.

This method will only work properly if the mesh has been prepared to be a skin by a call of SkeletonT::PrepareSkin.

Two algorithms are implemented:

Linear Blend Skinning (LBS) or Skeletal Space Deformation (SSD)
Spherical Blend Skinning (SBS), Ladislav Kavan and Jiri Zara: Spherical blend skinning, a real-time deformation of articulated models

Linear Blend Skinning: Every vertex will be transformed by every joint with a non-null weight. First of all the vertex is transformed into the coordinate system of the joint, then it is transformed back to the global coordinate system of the pose given by the active frame in the given animation.

: Since the mesh is given in the default pose the default pose joints are used to calculate the vertices position relative to the joint. Then they are transformed back into global coordinates using the joints in the current pose.

: The global matrices of the default pose and animation are not updated by this method, make sure to update them before deforming the skin or the results will be unexpected.

$v_{pose} = M_{pose} \cdot M^{-1}_{default} \cdot v_{default}$

Parameters

_hAni	The animation frame to be used as target
_method	deformation method to be used

See also: BaseSkin.hh

Implements BaseSkin.

Definition at line 158 of file SkinT.cc.

The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

ObjectTypes/Skeleton/SkinT.hh
ObjectTypes/Skeleton/SkinT.cc

Public Types

Public Member Functions

Private Attributes

Detailed Description

template<typename MeshT> class SkinT< MeshT >

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Member Function Documentation

template<typename MeshT>
class SkinT< MeshT >