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• Virtual Physical Objects
• Technical Challenges in Creating Virtual Physical Objects?
• Scenario: The Seeker Assembly
• Solution Method
• Raising the ``Semantic Level'' of Engineering Analysis
• What's Wrong with Current Practice?
• Rigid Body Calculations
• Positioning the Seeker
• Cell Complexes
• Chains
• Chain Specifications of Boundary Value Problems
• Chain Operations on the Spider
• Chain Operations on the Spider (2)
• Topology Calculations
• A 2D Elasticity Element
• Displacement Chains
• Guaranteed Quality Meshes
• References
• Recap and Conclusion

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rick@cs.cornell.edu (Rick Palmer)