Stefanie Mueller
Pedro Lopes
Konstantin Kaefer
Patrick Baudisch
ABSTRACT
constructable is an interactive drafting table based on a laser cutter that produces precise physical output in every editing step. Users interact by drafting directly on the workpiece using a hand-held laser pointer. The system tracks the pointer, beautifies its path, and implements its effect by cutting the workpiece using a fast high-powered laser cutter. constructable achieves precision through tool-specific constraints, user-defined sketch lines, and by using the laser cutter itself for all visual feedback, rather than using a screen or projection. As part of this interactive demonstration, attendees will use constructable to create simple but functional devices, including a booklet and a simple gearbox.
Supplemental Material
- Follmer, S., Carr, D., Lovell, E., Hiroshi, I. CopyCAD: remixing physical objects with copy and paste from the real world. Adjunct Proceedings UIST '10, 381--382. Google Scholar
Digital Library
- Mueller, S., Lopes, P., Baudisch, P. Interactive Construction: Interactive Fabrication of Functional Mechanical Devices. Proc. UIST '12, 599--606. Google ScholarDigital Library
- Willis, K. D. D., Xu, C., Wu, J. K., Levin, G., Gross, M. D. Interactive fabrication: new interfaces for digital fabrication. Proc. TEI '11, 69--72. Google ScholarDigital Library
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- constructable: interactive construction of functional mechanical devices
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