Support-free interior carving for 3D printing
Recent interior carving methods for functional design necessitate a cumbersome cut-and-glue process in fabrication. We propose a method to generate interior voids which not only satisfy the functional purposes but are also support-free during the 3D printing process. We introduce a support-free unit...
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| description | Recent interior carving methods for functional design necessitate a cumbersome cut-and-glue process in fabrication. We propose a method to generate interior voids which not only satisfy the functional purposes but are also support-free during the 3D printing process. We introduce a support-free unit structure for voxelization and derive the wall thicknesses parametrization for continuous optimization. We also design a discrete dithering algorithm to ensure the printability of ghost voxels. The interior voids are iteratively carved by alternating the optimization and dithering. We apply our method to optimize the static and rotational stability, and print various results to evaluate the efficacy. Keywords: Interior carving, Support-free, Voxels dithering, Shape optimization, 3D printing |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cf1a4aaa29ce4a32bb16ef073269e7972022-12-22T03:54:42ZengElsevierVisual Informatics2468-502X2017-03-0111915Support-free interior carving for 3D printingYue Xie0Xiang Chen1State Key Lab of CAD & CG, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, ChinaCorresponding author.; State Key Lab of CAD & CG, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, ChinaRecent interior carving methods for functional design necessitate a cumbersome cut-and-glue process in fabrication. We propose a method to generate interior voids which not only satisfy the functional purposes but are also support-free during the 3D printing process. We introduce a support-free unit structure for voxelization and derive the wall thicknesses parametrization for continuous optimization. We also design a discrete dithering algorithm to ensure the printability of ghost voxels. The interior voids are iteratively carved by alternating the optimization and dithering. We apply our method to optimize the static and rotational stability, and print various results to evaluate the efficacy. Keywords: Interior carving, Support-free, Voxels dithering, Shape optimization, 3D printinghttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468502X17300025 |
| spellingShingle | Yue Xie Xiang Chen Support-free interior carving for 3D printing Visual Informatics |
| title | Support-free interior carving for 3D printing |
| title_full | Support-free interior carving for 3D printing |
| title_fullStr | Support-free interior carving for 3D printing |
| title_full_unstemmed | Support-free interior carving for 3D printing |
| title_short | Support-free interior carving for 3D printing |
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