Date: 03:54 AM GMT, 05/14/2005
From: Mark Bolas
Paul Haberli, formally of SGI is doing this now:
Lamina 1.0 makes it easy to fabricate large scale free-form structures from planar (sheet) materials like plastic, metal, or plywood. This fabrication technology can be applied to interior design, building architecture, lighting, signage, clothing, and sculpture.
Lamina 1.0 uses computer methods to build precise physical structures in the real world. Your 3D model is approximated by a number of 2D parts that are numerically cut and attached to fabricate the final structure. Laser cutting, abrasive waterjet cutting and plasma cutting services are widely available and make creating parts inexpensive and fast.
http://laminadesign.com/index.html
Pilot 3D does a great job in unfolding surfaces. Developable or not. "Surface Development and Expansion. Pilot3D uses a finite element type of calculation to unwrap and flatten out both single and double curved surfaces"
http://www.pilot3d.com/2DPatterns.htm
Some interesting Paper Folding sites:
http://www.sgi.com/misc/grafica/fold/page001.html
http://www.sgi.com/misc/grafica/huffman/index.html
http://www.scheib.net/play/paper/index.html
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