CurveUps: Shaping objects from flat plates with tension-actuated curvature

Guseinov R, Miguel E, Bickel B. 2017. CurveUps: Shaping objects from flat plates with tension-actuated curvature. SIGGRAPH: Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, ACM Transactions on Graphics, vol. 36, 64.

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We present a computational approach for designing CurveUps, curvy shells that form from an initially flat state. They consist of small rigid tiles that are tightly held together by two pre-stretched elastic sheets attached to them. Our method allows the realization of smooth, doubly curved surfaces that can be fabricated as a flat piece. Once released, the restoring forces of the pre-stretched sheets support the object to take shape in 3D. CurveUps are structurally stable in their target configuration. The design process starts with a target surface. Our method generates a tile layout in 2D and optimizes the distribution, shape, and attachment areas of the tiles to obtain a configuration that is fabricable and in which the curved up state closely matches the target. Our approach is based on an efficient approximate model and a local optimization strategy for an otherwise intractable nonlinear optimization problem. We demonstrate the effectiveness of our approach for a wide range of shapes, all realized as physical prototypes.
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2017-01-01
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ACM
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36
Issue
4
Article Number
64
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SIGGRAPH: Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques
Conference Location
Los Angeles, CA, United States
Conference Date
2017-08-19 – 2017-08-25
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Guseinov R, Miguel E, Bickel B. CurveUps: Shaping objects from flat plates with tension-actuated curvature. In: Vol 36. ACM; 2017. doi:10.1145/3072959.3073709
Guseinov, R., Miguel, E., & Bickel, B. (2017). CurveUps: Shaping objects from flat plates with tension-actuated curvature (Vol. 36). Presented at the SIGGRAPH: Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, Los Angeles, CA, United States: ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3072959.3073709
Guseinov, Ruslan, Eder Miguel, and Bernd Bickel. “CurveUps: Shaping Objects from Flat Plates with Tension-Actuated Curvature,” Vol. 36. ACM, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1145/3072959.3073709.
R. Guseinov, E. Miguel, and B. Bickel, “CurveUps: Shaping objects from flat plates with tension-actuated curvature,” presented at the SIGGRAPH: Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, Los Angeles, CA, United States, 2017, vol. 36, no. 4.
Guseinov R, Miguel E, Bickel B. 2017. CurveUps: Shaping objects from flat plates with tension-actuated curvature. SIGGRAPH: Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, ACM Transactions on Graphics, vol. 36, 64.
Guseinov, Ruslan, et al. CurveUps: Shaping Objects from Flat Plates with Tension-Actuated Curvature. Vol. 36, no. 4, 64, ACM, 2017, doi:10.1145/3072959.3073709.
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