20110084970 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING PINCHES AND TANGLES IN ANIMATED CLOTH - Systems and methods are disclosed for altering character body animations to improve subsequent cloth animations. In particular, based on a character body animation, an extra level of processing is performed, prior to the actual cloth simulation. The extra level of processing removes potential areas of pinching or tangling in input character body simulation data, ensuring that the output of the cloth simulation will be have reduced pinches and tangles. | 04-14-2011 |