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Speaker: Ruth Christie
	 Lecturer
	 School of Computing Science
	 Queensland University of Technology   

Title:   Graphical Techniques For Modelling Soft Furnishing Objects
	 
Date:    Monday, 3rd August 1998
Time:    3.00pm
Place:   Lecture Theatre S310, Faculty of Information Technology,
         Queensland University of Technology

Abstract:
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	   The on screen simulation of fabric has become a target of
           considerable work in such areas as investigation of fabric drape,
	   how it deforms when wrinkled, how it can be used in garment
	   production, etc. In much of this research the investigation only
	   concerns a sample of the fabric, for example, a simulated piece
	   (round, square or rectangular) of fabric is placed over a specified
	   object to observe and investigate the position in which it will
	   ultimately end up.

	   One application area of this research is that of the soft furnishing
	   industry where the design of the furnishings is undertaken on screen
	   in readiness for production. The aim of this talk is to describe a
	   project which investigates modelling techniques, both geometric and
	   fabric, which will enable a user to design, on screen, objects which
	   will allow the simulation of soft furnishings. These should have a
	   realistic reaction to internal and external stimulus and thus display
	   the appropriate response to pleating, gathering, drape, wrinkling
	   and creasing. Such objects will not only have the look of the piece
	   of furnishing but will also contain some of the characteristics of
	   the fabric, such as weight, bending modulus, etc, with which the
	   furnishing is to be made.
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