Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-2-2003
Journal or Book Title
Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering
Volume
2
Issue
32
First Page
208
Last Page
215
DOI
10.1115/1.1529211
Abstract
This paper presents a framework for generating, representing, and interacting with the line congruences associated with four general finite poses. These line congruences are the solution space of spatial 4C mechanisms which will guide a moving body through the four prescribed poses. Hence, the contributions of this paper are applicable to developing interactive tools for designing spatial 4C mechanisms for four pose motion generation. Moreover, the strategies employed to address this difficult interactive visualization challenge are presented. The goal here being to facilitate future works which address other interactive visualization challenges. First, a methodology for generating a parameterized representation of the line congruences is reviewed. This is followed by strategies for visually representing the line congruences which are appropriate for both workstation and immersive virtual reality computer graphics. Next, strategies and supporting algorithms for interacting with the line congruences to obtain solution mechanisms with fixed links or coupler links in desired regions of the workspace are presented. The result is an intuitive interactive visual design methodology for generating and interacting with the line congruences associated with four general finite spatial poses for spatial 4C mechanism design. It is our desire that this effort, albeit focused upon the challenge of creating computer-aided design environments for spatial 4C mechanisms, will facilitate as well as motivate other efforts to address the inherent visualization and interaction challenges in designing three dimensional mechanical systems.
Copyright Owner
ASME
Copyright Date
2003
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Larochelle, Pierre M.; Vance, Judy M.; and Kihonge, John N., "Interactive Visualization of Line Congruences for Spatial Mechanism Design" (2003). Mechanical Engineering Publications. 32.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/me_pubs/32
Comments
This article is from Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering 2 (2003): 208–215, doi:10.1115/1.1529211. Posted with permission.