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abstract:
- lang: eng
text: " We present an interactive design system to create functional mechanical
\ objects. Our computational approach allows novice users to retarget an existing
mechanical template to a user-specified input shape. Our proposed representation
for a mechanical template encodes a parameterized mechanism, mechanical constraints
that ensure a physically valid configuration, spatial relationships of mechanical
parts to the user-provided shape, and functional constraints that specify an intended
functionality. We provide an intuitive interface and optimization-in-the-loop
approach for finding a valid configuration of the mechanism and the shape to
ensure that higher-level functional goals are met. Our algorithm interactively
optimizes the mechanism while the user manipulates the placement of mechanical
components and the shape. Our system allows users to efficiently explore various
design choices and to synthesize customized mechanical objects that can be fabricated
with rapid prototyping technologies. We demonstrate the efficacy of our approach
by retargeting various mechanical templates to different shapes and fabricating
the resulting functional mechanical objects.\r\n"
alternative_title:
- ACM Transactions on Graphics
article_number: '81'
article_processing_charge: No
author:
- first_name: Ran
full_name: Zhang, Ran
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last_name: Zhang
orcid: 0000-0002-3808-281X
- first_name: Thomas
full_name: Auzinger, Thomas
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last_name: Auzinger
orcid: 0000-0002-1546-3265
- first_name: Duygu
full_name: Ceylan, Duygu
last_name: Ceylan
- first_name: Wilmot
full_name: Li, Wilmot
last_name: Li
- first_name: Bernd
full_name: Bickel, Bernd
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last_name: Bickel
orcid: 0000-0001-6511-9385
citation:
ama: 'Zhang R, Auzinger T, Ceylan D, Li W, Bickel B. Functionality-aware retargeting
of mechanisms to 3D shapes. In: Vol 36. ACM; 2017. doi:10.1145/3072959.3073710'
apa: 'Zhang, R., Auzinger, T., Ceylan, D., Li, W., & Bickel, B. (2017). Functionality-aware
retargeting of mechanisms to 3D shapes (Vol. 36). Presented at the SIGGRAPH: Computer
Graphics and Interactive Techniques, Los Angeles, CA, United States : ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3072959.3073710'
chicago: Zhang, Ran, Thomas Auzinger, Duygu Ceylan, Wilmot Li, and Bernd Bickel.
“Functionality-Aware Retargeting of Mechanisms to 3D Shapes,” Vol. 36. ACM, 2017.
https://doi.org/10.1145/3072959.3073710.
ieee: 'R. Zhang, T. Auzinger, D. Ceylan, W. Li, and B. Bickel, “Functionality-aware
retargeting of mechanisms to 3D shapes,” presented at the SIGGRAPH: Computer Graphics
and Interactive Techniques, Los Angeles, CA, United States , 2017, vol. 36, no.
4.'
ista: 'Zhang R, Auzinger T, Ceylan D, Li W, Bickel B. 2017. Functionality-aware
retargeting of mechanisms to 3D shapes. SIGGRAPH: Computer Graphics and Interactive
Techniques, ACM Transactions on Graphics, vol. 36, 81.'
mla: Zhang, Ran, et al. Functionality-Aware Retargeting of Mechanisms to 3D Shapes.
Vol. 36, no. 4, 81, ACM, 2017, doi:10.1145/3072959.3073710.
short: R. Zhang, T. Auzinger, D. Ceylan, W. Li, B. Bickel, in:, ACM, 2017.
conference:
end_date: 2017-08-03
location: 'Los Angeles, CA, United States '
name: 'SIGGRAPH: Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques'
start_date: 2017-07-30
date_created: 2018-12-11T11:49:38Z
date_published: 2017-06-01T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2023-09-22T09:49:31Z
day: '01'
ddc:
- '003'
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department:
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doi: 10.1145/3072959.3073710
ec_funded: 1
external_id:
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project:
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name: 'MATERIALIZABLE: Intelligent fabrication-oriented Computational Design and
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