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Design, representations, and processing for additive manufacturing /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Attene, Marco (Author), Bermano, Amit Haim (Author), Ellero, Stefano (Author), Funkhouser, Thomas (Author), Lefebvre, Sylvain (Author), Livesu, Marco (Author), Martínez, Jonàs (Author), Rusinkiewicz, Szymon (Author)
Corporate Author: Morgan & Claypool Publishers
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [San Rafael, California] : Morgan & Claypool, 2018.
Series:Synthesis digital library of engineering and computer science.
Synthesis lectures on visual computing ; # 31.
Subjects:
Computer integrated manufacturing systems.
Solid freeform fabrication.
Three-dimensional printing.
3D printing
geometric modeling
geometry processing
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book (PDF)
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 1.1 Computational fabrication
  • 1.2 Content and objectives
  • 2. Practices and considerations for additive manufacturing
  • 2.1 3D printing technologies
  • 2.2 The computational fabrication pipeline
  • 2.2.1 Overview
  • 2.2.2 Design frameworks
  • 2.2.3 Current practice for process planning
  • 2.3 Metrics/desiderata
  • 2.3.1 Cost
  • 2.3.2 Fidelity
  • 2.3.3 Functionality
  • 3. Design for additive manufacturing
  • 3.1 Appearance
  • 3.1.1 Light interaction
  • 3.1.2 Geometric patterns
  • 3.2 Strength and motion
  • 3.2.1 Integrity
  • 3.2.2 Compliance
  • 3.2.3 Deformation
  • 3.2.4 Motion
  • 3.3 High-level objectives
  • 3.3.1 Integral quantities
  • 3.3.2 Utility
  • 3.3.3 Interlocking assemblies
  • 3.4 Domain-specific applications
  • 3.4.1 Planar structures
  • 3.4.2 Architecture
  • 3.5 Underlying representation analysis
  • 3.5.1 Solid
  • 3.5.2 Surface
  • 3.5.3 Primitive-based
  • 3.5.4 Procedural
  • 3.5.5 Attributes
  • 4. Process planning
  • 4.1 Meeting fabrication requirements
  • 4.1.1 Shape requirements
  • 4.1.2 Input representation requirements
  • 4.2 Partitioning and packing
  • 4.2.1 Partitioning large objects
  • 4.2.2 Partitioning for quality
  • 4.2.3 Packing multiple parts
  • 4.2.4 Joint partitioning and packing
  • 4.3 Orientation
  • 4.3.1 Optimize for cost
  • 4.3.2 Optimize for fidelity
  • 4.3.3 Optimize for functionality
  • 4.3.4 Optimize for mixed factors
  • 4.4 Support structures
  • 4.4.1 External
  • 4.4.2 Internal supports
  • 4.5 Slicing
  • 4.5.1 Uniform and adaptive slicing
  • 4.5.2 Slice contouring
  • 4.6 Machine instructions
  • 4.6.1 Vector case
  • 4.6.2 Raster case
  • 4.7 Relations between quality metrics and basic steps
  • 5. Open challenges
  • 5.1 Complementarity with subtractive technologies
  • 5.2 Challenges in design
  • 5.3 Embedding devices into prints
  • 5.4 Self-assembling structures
  • 5.5 Challenges in an industrial perspective
  • 5.6 Discretization-free pipeline
  • Bibliography
  • Authors' biographies.