{"acknowledgement":"This work was partly funded by the NCCR Co-Me of the Swiss NSF.","citation":{"ista":"Skouras M, Thomaszewski B, Kaufmann P, Garg A, Bickel B, Grinspun E, Gross M. 2014. Designing inflatable structures. SIGGRAPH: Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques vol. 33, 63.","chicago":"Skouras, Mélina, Bernhard Thomaszewski, Peter Kaufmann, Akash Garg, Bernd Bickel, Eitan Grinspun, and Markus Gross. “Designing Inflatable Structures,” Vol. 33. ACM, 2014. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1145/2601097.2601166\">https://doi.org/10.1145/2601097.2601166</a>.","apa":"Skouras, M., Thomaszewski, B., Kaufmann, P., Garg, A., Bickel, B., Grinspun, E., &#38; Gross, M. (2014). Designing inflatable structures (Vol. 33). Presented at the SIGGRAPH: Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, ACM. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1145/2601097.2601166\">https://doi.org/10.1145/2601097.2601166</a>","short":"M. Skouras, B. Thomaszewski, P. Kaufmann, A. Garg, B. Bickel, E. Grinspun, M. Gross, in:, ACM, 2014.","ama":"Skouras M, Thomaszewski B, Kaufmann P, et al. Designing inflatable structures. In: Vol 33. ACM; 2014. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1145/2601097.2601166\">10.1145/2601097.2601166</a>","mla":"Skouras, Mélina, et al. <i>Designing Inflatable Structures</i>. Vol. 33, no. 4, 63, ACM, 2014, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1145/2601097.2601166\">10.1145/2601097.2601166</a>.","ieee":"M. Skouras <i>et al.</i>, “Designing inflatable structures,” presented at the SIGGRAPH: Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, 2014, vol. 33, no. 4."},"date_created":"2018-12-11T11:55:36Z","month":"07","status":"public","publisher":"ACM","year":"2014","day":"01","date_published":"2014-07-01T00:00:00Z","user_id":"2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","volume":33,"date_updated":"2021-01-12T06:55:11Z","publist_id":"4957","type":"conference","extern":"1","intvolume":"        33","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"doi":"10.1145/2601097.2601166","author":[{"last_name":"Skouras","first_name":"Mélina","full_name":"Skouras, Mélina"},{"full_name":"Thomaszewski, Bernhard","first_name":"Bernhard","last_name":"Thomaszewski"},{"first_name":"Peter","full_name":"Kaufmann, Peter","last_name":"Kaufmann"},{"first_name":"Akash","full_name":"Garg, Akash","last_name":"Garg"},{"orcid":"0000-0001-6511-9385","first_name":"Bernd","full_name":"Bickel, Bernd","id":"49876194-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","last_name":"Bickel"},{"full_name":"Grinspun, Eitan","first_name":"Eitan","last_name":"Grinspun"},{"last_name":"Gross","full_name":"Gross, Markus","first_name":"Markus"}],"conference":{"name":"SIGGRAPH: Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques"},"_id":"2081","title":"Designing inflatable structures","publication_status":"published","issue":"4","abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"We propose an interactive, optimization-in-the-loop tool for designing inflatable structures. Given a target shape, the user draws a network of seams defining desired segment boundaries in 3D. Our method computes optimally-shaped flat panels for the segments, such that the inflated structure is as close as possible to the target while satisfying the desired seam positions. Our approach is underpinned by physics-based pattern optimization, accurate coarse-scale simulation using tension field theory, and a specialized constraint-optimization method. Our system is fast enough to warrant interactive exploration of different seam layouts, including internal connections, and their effects on the inflated shape. We demonstrate the resulting design process on a varied set of simulation examples, some of which we have fabricated, demonstrating excellent agreement with the design intent."}],"oa_version":"None","article_number":"63"}