Doboš, J;
Mitra, NJ;
Steed, A;
(2014)
3D Timeline: Reverse engineering of a part-based provenance from consecutive 3D models.
Computer Graphics Forum
, 33
(2)
pp. 135-144.
10.1111/cgf.12311.
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Abstract
We present a novel tool for reverse engineering of modeling histories from consecutive 3D files based on a timeline abstraction. Although a timeline interface is commonly used in 3D modeling packages for animations, it has not been used on geometry manipulation before. Unlike previous visualization methods that require instrumentation of editing software, our approach does not rely on pre-recorded editing instructions. Instead, each stand-alone 3D file is treated as a keyframe of a construction flow from which the editing provenance is reverse engineered. We evaluate this tool on six complex 3D sequences created in a variety of modeling tools by different professional artists and conclude that it provides useful means of visualizing and understanding the editing history. A comparative user study suggests the tool is well suited for this purpose.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | 3D Timeline: Reverse engineering of a part-based provenance from consecutive 3D models |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1111/cgf.12311 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cgf.12311 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Doboš, J; Mitra, NJ; Steed, A; (2014) 3D Timeline: Reverse engineering of a part-based provenance from consecutive 3D models. Computer Graphics Forum, 33 (2) pp. 135-144, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cgf.12311. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving (http://olabout.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-820227.html#terms). |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Computer Science |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1432947 |
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