Introductory Concepts

Here are some limitations you need to remember.

Virtual to Real Shape Morphing is available on a 3D Shape Representation level only.

A Deviation Analysis feature is not a representation of a deformation of a shape. It is only a set of vectors resulting of a deviation analysis computation between a cloud of points and a surface: The displacements created by a Deviation Analysis between two shapes are different from the displacements to apply to transform a shape into the other one, especially in the case where the initial shape presents sharp edges or curvature variations or when the deformation includes a "stretching" of the initial shape.

Examples:

  • Deviation Analysis vectors between Shape 1 and Shape 2:

  • Displacements required to transform Shape 1 into Shape 2:

    Note: Optimizing the displacement does not improve the above case. It improves the following limitations.
  • Deviation Analysis vectors between Shape 1 and Shape 2:

  • Displacements required to transform Shape 1 into Shape 2:

  • Deviation Analysis vectors between Shape 1 and Shape 2:

  • Displacements required to transform Shape 1 into Shape 2: