A Haptic Modeling ScopeandBasic Framework

IEEEAbstract There areanumber oftools toprovide agraphic modeling Haptics hasbeenstudied asameansofproviding userssystem withforce feedback inthe3Dgeometric modeldesign witha natural andimmersive tactile sensation inreal,process, including geometric modeling, sculpturing, and augmented, andvirtual environments inthevarious areas.painting. Amongthem, Freeform (5)andClayToolsTM (6)are However, inspite oftheconsiderable advantages offered by virtual modeling andsculpturing systems thathavebeen haptic technology, itisstill relatively unfamiliar tothe commercialized bySensAble Technologies. InTouch (7)and general public. Oneofreasons forthis unfamiliarity isthe ArtNova(14)aretouch-enabled 3D painting and lackofabundant haptic interaction contents, especially in multiresolution modeling systems, anddAb(15)isahaptic areas that areveryclose tothegeneral public. Eventhoughpainting system with3Ddeformable brushes. These systems, there areafewmodeling tools forcreating haptic contents, however, usehaptic technology purely asanassistant tool for addition ofhaptic datatographic models orscenes islimitedeffective andintuitive geometric modeling, sculpturing, and andmanyhaptic modeling processes havetobedonemostlypainting. FGB(FLIGHTGHUIBuilder) (8)andReachin API manually, whichistimeconsuming andisnotintuitive. For (9)areplatforms thatenable thedevelopment ofhaptic this reason, a new,intuitive, comprehensive, andefficient contents. FGB isaspecific toolforcreating graphic and haptic modeling system isneeded. This papertries todefineHaptic UserInterfaces, while Reachin APIisusedtodevelop haptic modeling processes anditsscopes andproposes a sophisticated haptic 3Dapplications. However, theyprovide basicframework fora haptic modeling system(K- verylimited functionalities forediting haptic data. Kimetal. HapticModeler-T) thatcancreate andedit haptic contents (10)suggested a3Dhaptic painting andmaterial properties easily andintuitively foranyvirtual objects orgraphic scenes. (stiffness, friction) editing techniques. Byutilizing some haptic-related functions inhaptic APIsasOpenHaptics Keywords - haptics, haptic modeling, Haptic User Interface (HUI) Toolkit (16) andCHAI3D(17), application specific modeling systems maybeconstructed. However, these systems only