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Freeform Shape Fabrication by Kerfing Stiff Materials.

Authors :
Speetzen, N.
Kobbelt, L.
Source :
Computer Graphics Forum; May2024, Vol. 43 Issue 2, p1-12, 12p
Publication Year :
2024

Abstract

Fast, flexible, and cost efficient production of 3D models from 2D material sheets is a key component in digital fabrication and prototyping. In order to achieve high quality approximations of freeform shapes, a common set of methods aim to produce bendable 2D cutouts that are then assembled. So far bent surfaces are achieved automatically by computing developable patches of the input surface, e.g. in the context of papercraft. For stiff materials such as medium‐density fibreboard (MDF) or plywood, the 2D cutouts require the application of additional cutting patterns ("kerfing") to make them bendable. Such kerf patterns are commonly constructed with considerable user input, e.g. in architectural design. We propose a fully automatic method that produces kerfed cutouts suitable for the assembly of freeform shapes from stiff material sheets. By exploring the degrees of freedom emerging from the choice of bending directions, the creation of box joints at the patch boundaries as well as the application of kerf cuts with adaptive density, our method is able to achieve a high quality approximation of the input. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
01677055
Volume :
43
Issue :
2
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Computer Graphics Forum
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
177378131
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1111/cgf.15032