Converting 3D furniture models to fabricatable parts and connectors

Manfred Lau; Akira Ohgawara; Jun Mitani; Takeo Igarashi

doi:10.1145/1964921.1964980

Converting 3D furniture models to fabricatable parts and connectors

Manfred Lau^*, Akira Ohgawara, Jun Mitani, Takeo Igarashi

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Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works › RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication) › peer-review

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Abstract

Although there is an abundance of 3D models available, most of them exist only in virtual simulation and are not immediately usable as physical objects in the real world. We solve the problem of taking as input a 3D model of a man-made object, and automatically generating the parts and connectors needed to build the corresponding physical object. We focus on furniture models, and we define formal grammars for IKEA cabinets and tables. We perform lexical analysis to identify the primitive parts of the 3D model. Structural analysis then gives structural information to these parts, and generates the connectors (i.e. nails, screws) needed to attach the parts together. We demonstrate our approach with arbitrary 3D models of cabinets and tables available online.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - ACM SIGGRAPH 2011 papers
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4503-0943-1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/1964921.1964980
Publication status	Published - Aug 2011
Externally published	Yes
Event	ACM SIGGRAPH 2011 (SIGGRAPH 2011) - Vancouver, Canada Duration: 7 Aug 2011 → 11 Aug 2011

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Name	ACM Transactions on Graphics
Volume	30
ISSN (Print)	0730-0301
ISSN (Electronic)	1557-7368

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Conference	ACM SIGGRAPH 2011 (SIGGRAPH 2011)
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Vancouver
Period	7/08/11 → 11/08/11

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The publication is also published in ACM Transactions on Graphics.

Research Keywords

3D modeling
Assembly instructions
Exploded view illustrations
Fabrication
Grammar
Procedural modeling

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Proceedings - ACM SIGGRAPH 2011 papers. Association for Computing Machinery, 2011. 85 (ACM Transactions on Graphics; Vol. 30).

Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works › RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication) › peer-review

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