Author(s):
Jan Bender,
Daniel Bayer,
Raphael Diziol
Paper abstract: In this paper an impulse-based method for cloth simulation is presented. The simulation of cloth is
required in different application areas like computer animation, virtual reality or computer games.
Simulation methods often assume that cloth is an elastic material. With this assumption the simulation
can be performed very efficiently using spring forces. The problem is that many textiles cannot be
stretched significantly. A realistic simulation of these textiles with spring forces leads to stiff differential
equations which cause a deterioration of performance. The impulse-based method described in this paper
solves this problem and allows the realistic simulation of inelastic textiles.
