4 papers
Functionally Grading the Slicing Process by Compiling Design Intent into Slicer Projects
Charles Wade, Devon Beck, Robert MacCurdy
Functional gradients control part behavior by varying structure, material, or process conditions across an object. Yet functionally graded fabrication is usually framed as grading…
Design-Intent Compilation for Heterogeneous Fabrication
Charles Wade, Devon Beck, Robert MacCurdy
Computational fabrication workflows increasingly require designers to specify spatially varying behavior, appearance, material composition, and process state. Yet most workflows fo…
Implicit Modeling for 3D-printed Multi-material Computational Object Design via Python
Charles Wade, Devon Beck, Robert MacCurdy
This paper introduces open-source contributions designed to accelerate research in volumetric multi-material additive manufacturing and metamaterial design. We present a flexible P…
Implicit Toolpath Generation for Functionally Graded Additive Manufacturing via Gradient-Informed Slicing
Charles Wade, Devon Beck, Robert MacCurdy
This paper presents a novel gradient-informed slicing method for functionally graded additive manufacturing (FGM) that overcomes the limitations of conventional toolpath planning a…