Paper Info
Title
Printflatables: Printing Human-Scale, Functional and Dynamic Inflatable Objects.
Abstract
Printflatables is a design and fabrication system for human-scale, functional and dynamic inflatable objects. We use inextensible thermoplastic fabric as the raw material with the key principle of introducing folds and thermal sealing. Upon inflation, the sealed object takes the expected three dimensional shape. The workflow begins with the user specifying an intended 3D model which is decomposed to two dimensional fabrication geometry. This forms the input for a numerically controlled thermal contact iron that seals layers of thermoplastic fabric. In this paper, we discuss the system design in detail, the pneumatic primitives that this technique enables and merits of being able to make large, functional and dynamic pneumatic artifacts. We demonstrate the design output through multiple objects which could motivate fabrication of inflatable media and pressure-based interfaces.
Year
DOI
Venue
2017
10.1145/3025453.3025898
CHI
Keywords
Field
DocType
Human-Material Interaction, Shape changing, 3D printing, Digital Fabrication, Inflatables, Radical Atoms
Human scale,Computer science,Simulation,Mechanical engineering,Systems design,Thermal contact,Human–computer interaction,3D printing,Thermoplastic,Workflow,Fabrication,Inflatable
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
7
0.55
12
Authors
7
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Harpreet Sareen1100.94
Udayan Umapathi2514.02
Patrick Shin381.23
Yasuaki Kakehi434961.71
Jifei Ou519213.18
Hiroshi Ishii647231.91
Patricia Maes779411719.73