StackMold: Rapid prototyping of functional multi-material objects with selective levels of surface details
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StackMold : Rapid prototyping of functional multi-material objects with selective levels of surface details. / Valkeneers, Tom; Leen, Danny; Ashbrook, Daniel; Ramakers, Raf.
UIST 2019 - Proceedings of the 32nd Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology. Association for Computing Machinery, 2019. p. 687-699.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Article in proceedings › Research › peer-review
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TY - GEN
T1 - StackMold
T2 - 32nd Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, UIST 2019
AU - Valkeneers, Tom
AU - Leen, Danny
AU - Ashbrook, Daniel
AU - Ramakers, Raf
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - We present StackMold, a DIY molding technique to prototype multi-material and multi-colored objects with embedded electronics. The key concept of our approach is a novel multi-stage mold buildup in which casting operations are interleaved with the assembly of the mold to form independent compartments for casting different materials. To build multi-stage molds, we contribute novel algorithms that computationally design and optimize the mold and casting procedure. By default, the multi-stage mold is fabricated in slices using a laser cutter. For regions that require more surface detail, a high-fidelity 3D-printed mold subsection can be incorporated. StackMold is an integrated end-to-end system, supporting all stages of the process: it provides a UI to specify material and detail regions of a 3D object; it generates fabrication files for the molds; and it produces a step-by-step casting instruction manual.
AB - We present StackMold, a DIY molding technique to prototype multi-material and multi-colored objects with embedded electronics. The key concept of our approach is a novel multi-stage mold buildup in which casting operations are interleaved with the assembly of the mold to form independent compartments for casting different materials. To build multi-stage molds, we contribute novel algorithms that computationally design and optimize the mold and casting procedure. By default, the multi-stage mold is fabricated in slices using a laser cutter. For regions that require more surface detail, a high-fidelity 3D-printed mold subsection can be incorporated. StackMold is an integrated end-to-end system, supporting all stages of the process: it provides a UI to specify material and detail regions of a 3D object; it generates fabrication files for the molds; and it produces a step-by-step casting instruction manual.
KW - Computational design
KW - Molding
KW - Multi-material fabrication
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85074827879&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1145/3332165.3347915
DO - 10.1145/3332165.3347915
M3 - Article in proceedings
SP - 687
EP - 699
BT - UIST 2019 - Proceedings of the 32nd Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
Y2 - 20 October 2019 through 23 October 2019
ER -
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