Fabrication
Digitally driven manufacturing machines such as form deposition modelers, laser cutters, and computer numerically controlled hardware enable people to make things that previously required mass-production technologies. Software is a bottleneck, as today’s commercial applications for creating 3-D models to be manufactured demands considerable skill. What’s needed is design software that’s simple to use, yet powerful. And with low-cost DIY mechatronics, anyone can design and build novel machines to cut, shape, and extrude material.
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Digital Clay
1998 Sketch recognition software constructs three dimensional digital models from isometric drawings.
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FlatCAD
2006 A code-based design environment for rapid prototyping with laser cutters or 3D printers.
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Furniture Factory: A Sketch-based System for Fabrication
2006 A sketch design system helps novices construct physical furniture models using a laser cutter.
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Interactive Fabrication
2011 Interfaces and devices that take real-time input to fabricate physical form.
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Paper Mechatronics
2015 A novel interdisciplinary design medium enabled by recent advances in craft technologies.
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Sketch It, Make It
2012 A sketch design tool for design for laser cutters and 3D printers, now Zotebook.