We present a flexible interactive 3D morpho-kinematical modeling application for astrophysics. Compared to other systems, our application reduces the restrictions on the physical assumptions, data type and amount that is required for a reconstruction of an object's morphology. It is one of the first publicly available tools to apply interactive graphics to astrophysical modeling. The tool allows astrophysicists to provide a-priori knowledge about the object by interactively defining 3D structural elements. By direct comparison of model prediction with observational data, model parameters can then be automatically optimized to fit the observation. The tool has already been successfully used in a number of astrophysical research projects.
@article{arxiv.1003.2012,
title = {Shape: A 3D Modeling Tool for Astrophysics},
author = {Wolfgang Steffen and Nicholas Koning and Stephan Wenger and Christophe Morisset and Marcus Magnor},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1003.2012},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
13 pages, 11 figures, accepted for publication in the "IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics"