{"issue":"4","publication":"ACM Transactions on Graphics","publication_status":"published","abstract":[{"text":"Articulated deformable characters are widespread in computer animation. Unfortunately, we lack methods for their automatic fabrication using modern additive manufacturing (AM) technologies. We propose a method that takes a skinned mesh as input, then estimates a fabricatable single-material model that approximates the 3D kinematics of the corresponding virtual articulated character in a piecewise linear manner. We first extract a set of potential joint locations. From this set, together with optional, user-specified range constraints, we then estimate mechanical friction joints that satisfy inter-joint non-penetration and other fabrication constraints. To avoid brittle joint designs, we place joint centers on an approximate medial axis representation of the input geometry, and maximize each joint's minimal cross-sectional area. We provide several demonstrations, manufactured as single, assembled pieces using 3D printers. ","lang":"eng"}],"_id":"2101","author":[{"first_name":"Moritz","full_name":"Bac̈her, Moritz","last_name":"Bac̈Her"},{"id":"49876194-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","last_name":"Bickel","orcid":"0000-0001-6511-9385","first_name":"Bernd","full_name":"Bernd Bickel"},{"first_name":"Doug","full_name":"James, Doug L","last_name":"James"},{"first_name":"Hanspeter","full_name":"Pfister, Hanspeter","last_name":"Pfister"}],"doi":"10.1145/2185520.2185543","quality_controlled":0,"title":"Fabricating articulated characters from skinned meshes","intvolume":"        31","publist_id":"4933","date_updated":"2021-01-12T06:55:19Z","volume":31,"extern":1,"type":"journal_article","date_published":"2012-01-01T00:00:00Z","year":"2012","publisher":"ACM","status":"public","day":"01","citation":{"mla":"Bac̈Her, Moritz, et al. “Fabricating Articulated Characters from Skinned Meshes.” <i>ACM Transactions on Graphics</i>, vol. 31, no. 4, ACM, 2012, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1145/2185520.2185543\">10.1145/2185520.2185543</a>.","ama":"Bac̈Her M, Bickel B, James D, Pfister H. Fabricating articulated characters from skinned meshes. <i>ACM Transactions on Graphics</i>. 2012;31(4). doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1145/2185520.2185543\">10.1145/2185520.2185543</a>","short":"M. Bac̈Her, B. Bickel, D. James, H. Pfister, ACM Transactions on Graphics 31 (2012).","ieee":"M. Bac̈Her, B. Bickel, D. James, and H. Pfister, “Fabricating articulated characters from skinned meshes,” <i>ACM Transactions on Graphics</i>, vol. 31, no. 4. ACM, 2012.","chicago":"Bac̈Her, Moritz, Bernd Bickel, Doug James, and Hanspeter Pfister. “Fabricating Articulated Characters from Skinned Meshes.” <i>ACM Transactions on Graphics</i>. ACM, 2012. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1145/2185520.2185543\">https://doi.org/10.1145/2185520.2185543</a>.","ista":"Bac̈Her M, Bickel B, James D, Pfister H. 2012. Fabricating articulated characters from skinned meshes. ACM Transactions on Graphics. 31(4).","apa":"Bac̈Her, M., Bickel, B., James, D., &#38; Pfister, H. (2012). Fabricating articulated characters from skinned meshes. <i>ACM Transactions on Graphics</i>. ACM. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1145/2185520.2185543\">https://doi.org/10.1145/2185520.2185543</a>"},"month":"01","date_created":"2018-12-11T11:55:43Z","acknowledgement":"This work was partially supported by NSF grant IIS-1116619. Doug James acknowledges support from Pixar and a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation"}