TY - GEN
T1 - Thermorph
T2 - 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2018
AU - An, Byoungkwon
AU - Tao, Ye
AU - Gu, Jianzhe
AU - Cheng, Tingyu
AU - Chen, Xiang
AU - Zhang, Xiaoxiao
AU - Zhao, Wei
AU - Do, Youngwook
AU - Takahashi, Shigeo
AU - Wu, Hsiang Yun
AU - Zhang, Teng
AU - Yao, Lining
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PY - 2018/4/20
Y1 - 2018/4/20
N2 - We develop a novel method printing complex self-folding geometries. We demonstrated that with a desktop fused deposition modeling (FDM) 3D printer, off-the-shelf printing filaments and a design editor, we can print flat thermoplastic composites and trigger them to self-fold into 3D with arbitrary bending angles. This is a suitable technique, called Thermorph, to prototype hollow and foldable 3D shapes without losing key features. We describe a new curved folding origami design algorithm, compiling given arbitrary 3D models to 2D unfolded models in G-Code for FDM printers. To demonstrate the Thermorph platform, we designed and printed complex self-folding geometries (up to 70 faces), including 15 selfcurved geometric primitives and 4 self-curved applications, such as chairs, the simplified Stanford Bunny and flowers. Compared to the standard 3D printing, our method saves up to 60% - 87% of the printing time for all shapes chosen.
AB - We develop a novel method printing complex self-folding geometries. We demonstrated that with a desktop fused deposition modeling (FDM) 3D printer, off-the-shelf printing filaments and a design editor, we can print flat thermoplastic composites and trigger them to self-fold into 3D with arbitrary bending angles. This is a suitable technique, called Thermorph, to prototype hollow and foldable 3D shapes without losing key features. We describe a new curved folding origami design algorithm, compiling given arbitrary 3D models to 2D unfolded models in G-Code for FDM printers. To demonstrate the Thermorph platform, we designed and printed complex self-folding geometries (up to 70 faces), including 15 selfcurved geometric primitives and 4 self-curved applications, such as chairs, the simplified Stanford Bunny and flowers. Compared to the standard 3D printing, our method saves up to 60% - 87% of the printing time for all shapes chosen.
KW - 3D printing
KW - 4d printing
KW - Shape memory polymer
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U2 - 10.1145/3173574.3173834
DO - 10.1145/3173574.3173834
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85046947778
T3 - Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings
BT - CHI 2018 - Extended Abstracts of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
Y2 - 21 April 2018 through 26 April 2018
ER -