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X-Bridges: Designing Tunable Bridges to Enrich 3D Printed Objects' Deformation and Stiffness

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UIST '22: Proceedings of the 35th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology

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https://doi.org/10.1145/3526113.3545710

Published: 28 October 2022 Publication History

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Bridges are unique structures appeared in fused deposition modeling (FDM) that make rigid prints flexible but not fully explored. This paper presents X-Bridges, an end-to-end workflow that allows novice users to design tunable bridges that can enrich 3D printed objects' deformable and physical properties. Specifically, we firstly provide a series of deformation primitives (e.g. bend, twist, coil, compress and stretch) with three versions of stiffness (loose, elastic, stable) based on parametrized bridging experiments. Embedding the printing parameters, a design tool is developed to modify the imported 3D model, evaluate optimized printing parameters for bridges, preview shape-changing process, and generate the G-code file for 3D printing. Finally, we demonstrate the design space of X-Bridges through a set of applications that enable foldable, resilient, and interactive shape-changing objects.

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X-Bridges: Designing Tunable Bridges to Enrich 3D Printed Objects' Deformation and Stiffness
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction devices
      1. Haptic devices

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https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3654777.3676360
Sun LPan DZhang YHu HJi JTao YLou SLian BFan YTao YWang G(2024)Touch-n-Go: Designing and Fabricating Touch Fastening Structures by FDM 3D PrintingProceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3613904.3642906(1-14)Online publication date: 11-May-2024
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