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Enclosed: a component-centric interface for designing prototype enclosures

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Christian Weichel,

Manfred Lau,

Hans GellersenAuthors Info & Claims

TEI '13: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction

Pages 215 - 218

https://doi.org/10.1145/2460625.2460659

Published: 10 February 2013 Publication History

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This paper explores the problem of designing enclosures (or physical cases) that are needed for prototyping electronic devices. We present a novel interface that uses electronic components as handles for designing the 3D shape of the enclosure. We use the .NET Gadgeteer platform as a case study of this problem, and implemented a proof-of-concept system for designing enclosures for Gadgeteer components. We show examples of enclosures designed and fabricated with our system.

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TEI '13: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction

February 2013

439 pages

ISBN:9781450318983

DOI:10.1145/2460625

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