Demonstration of CoilCAM: an Action-Oriented Toolpath Programming System for Clay 3D Printing
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Samuelle Bourgault, Devon Frost, Pilar Wiley, Avi Farber, Jennifer JacobsAuthors Info & Claims
Samuelle Bourgault, Devon Frost, Pilar Wiley, Avi Farber, Jennifer JacobsAuthors Info & ClaimsArticle No.: 443, Pages 1 - 5
Abstract
Clay 3D printing provides the benefits of digital fabrication automation and reconfigurability through a method that evokes manual clay coiling. Existing design technologies for clay 3D printing reflect the general 3D printing workflow in which solid forms are designed in CAD and then converted to a toolpath. In contrast, in hand-coiling, form is determined by the actions taken by the artist’s hands through space in response to the material. We theorized that an action-oriented approach for clay 3D printing could allow creators to design digital fabrication toolpaths that reflect clay material properties. We present CoilCAM, a domain-specific CAM programming system that supports the integrated generation of parametric forms and surface textures through mathematically defined toolpath operations.
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