BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:Linklings LLC BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Tokyo X-LIC-LOCATION:Asia/Tokyo BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0900 TZOFFSETTO:+0900 TZNAME:JST DTSTART:18871231T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250110T023312Z LOCATION:Hall B5 (1)\, B Block\, Level 5 DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Tokyo:20241205T114100 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Tokyo:20241205T115500 UID:siggraphasia_SIGGRAPH Asia 2024_sess127_papers_356@linklings.com SUMMARY:A Flexible Mold for Facade Panel Fabrication DESCRIPTION:Technical Papers\n\nFlorian Rist (KAUST, TU Wien); Zhecheng Wa ng (UofT); Davide Pellis (ISTI-CNR); Marco Palma (TU Wien); Daoming Liu (K AUST); Eitan Grinspun (UofT); and Dominik L. Michels (KAUST)\n\nArchitectu ral surface panelling often requires fabricating molds for panels, a proce ss that can be cost-inefficient and material-wasteful when using tradition al methods such as CNC milling. In this paper, we introduce a novel soluti on to generating molds for efficiently fabricating architectural panels. A t the core of our method is a machine that utilizes a deflatable membrane as a flexible mold. By adjusting the deflation level and boundary element positions, the membrane can be reconfigured into various shapes, allowing for mass customization with significantly lower overhead costs. We devise an efficient algorithm that works in sync with our flexible mold machine t hat optimizes the placement of customizable boundary element positions, en suring the fabricated panel matches the geometry of a given input shape: ( 1) Using a quadratic Weingarten surface arising from a natural assumption on the membrane's stress, we can approximate the initial placement of the boundary element from the input shape's geometry; (2) we solve the inverse problem with a simulator-in-the-loop optimizer by searching for the optim al placement of boundary curves with sensitivity analysis. We validate our approach by fabricating baseline panels and a facade with a wide range of curvature profiles, providing a detailed numerical analysis on simulation and fabrication, demonstrating significant advantages in cost and flexibi lity.\n\nRegistration Category: Full Access, Full Access Supporter\n\nLang uage Format: English Language\n\nSession Chair: Lin Lu (Shandong Universit y) URL:https://asia.siggraph.org/2024/program/?id=papers_356&sess=sess127 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR