Practical 3D animation of multiply articulated construction equipment

Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 1229-1237

  Kamat, Vineet R ^a   Martinez, Julio C ^b  

^a The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^b Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INVERSE KINEMATICS; STEEL STRUCTURES; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VISUALIZATION;

3D ANIMATION; ANIMATION VOCABULARY; DISCRETE-EVENT CONSTRUCTION PROCESS; SIMULATION RESOURCES;

CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT;

EID: 17744378799     PISSN: 08917736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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