Deformable Objects Representation

In order to have a good representation of deformable objects, is clever to have an adequate model to represent them. Since the origins of computer graphics, a large number of representation models have been presented. Not all of them are adequate to represent deformable objects. The way in which the objects can be handled, allowing local changes in their shape, or the possibility of the creation of objects matching with data gathered from one or more datasources, are some of the desirable characteristics in those models. This chapter represents a study of the way in which the deformable objects can be represented. It is possible to classify them into some categories allowing to select the most adequate depending on the use given to the model.