Platener: Low-fidelity fabrication of 3D objects by substituting 3D print with laser-cut plates

Beyer, D; Gurevich, S; Mueller, S; Chen, HT; Baudisch, P

Platener: Low-fidelity fabrication of 3D objects by substituting 3D print with laser-cut plates

Beyer, D Gurevich, S Mueller, S Chen, HT

Baudisch, P

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Citation:: Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings, 2015, 2015-April pp. 1799 - 1806
Issue Date:: 2015-04-18

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dc.contributor.author	Beyer, D	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Gurevich, S	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Mueller, S	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Chen, HT https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0873-2698	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Baudisch, P	en_US
dc.date.issued	2015-04-18	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings, 2015, 2015-April pp. 1799 - 1806	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	9781450331456	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/120732
dc.description.abstract	© Copyright 2015 ACM. This paper presents Platener, a system that allows quickly fabricating intermediate design iterations of 3D models, a process also known as low-fidelity fabrication. Platener achieves its speed-up by extracting straight and curved plates from the 3D model and substituting them with laser cut parts of the same size and thickness. Only the regions that are of relevance to the current design iteration are executed as full-detail 3D prints. Platener connects the parts it has created by automatically inserting joints. To help fast assembly it engraves instructions. Platener allows users to customize substitution results by (1) specifying fidelity-speed tradeoffs, (2) choosing whether or not to convert curved surfaces to plates bent using heat, and (3) specifying the conversion of individual plates and joints interactively. Platener is designed to best preserve the fidelity of func- Tional objects, such as casings and mechanical tools, all of which contain a large percentage of straight/rectilinear elements. Compared to other low-fab systems, such as faBrickator and WirePrint, Platener better preserves the stability and functionality of such objects: The resulting assemblies have fewer parts and the parts have the same size and thickness as in the 3D model. To validate our system, we converted 2,250 3D models downloaded from a 3D model site (Thingiverse). Platener achieves a speed-up of 10x or more for 39.9% of all objects.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1145/2702123.2702225	en_US
dc.title	Platener: Low-fidelity fabrication of 3D objects by substituting 3D print with laser-cut plates	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.citation.volume	2015-April	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Computer Science
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CAI - Centre for Artificial Intelligence
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© Copyright 2015 ACM. This paper presents Platener, a system that allows quickly fabricating intermediate design iterations of 3D models, a process also known as low-fidelity fabrication. Platener achieves its speed-up by extracting straight and curved plates from the 3D model and substituting them with laser cut parts of the same size and thickness. Only the regions that are of relevance to the current design iteration are executed as full-detail 3D prints. Platener connects the parts it has created by automatically inserting joints. To help fast assembly it engraves instructions. Platener allows users to customize substitution results by (1) specifying fidelity-speed tradeoffs, (2) choosing whether or not to convert curved surfaces to plates bent using heat, and (3) specifying the conversion of individual plates and joints interactively. Platener is designed to best preserve the fidelity of func- Tional objects, such as casings and mechanical tools, all of which contain a large percentage of straight/rectilinear elements. Compared to other low-fab systems, such as faBrickator and WirePrint, Platener better preserves the stability and functionality of such objects: The resulting assemblies have fewer parts and the parts have the same size and thickness as in the 3D model. To validate our system, we converted 2,250 3D models downloaded from a 3D model site (Thingiverse). Platener achieves a speed-up of 10x or more for 39.9% of all objects.

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