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    The document discusses using bridges rather than traditional supports for 3D printing overhangs. Bridges offer advantages over tree supports in that they have a higher support to length ratio and are more resistant to torque. The presented method detects overhangs, then synthesizes minimal length bridges between support points using a sweep algorithm. Bridges are designed to remain stable during printing and are shown to significantly reduce material usage compared to other support types.

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    The document discusses using bridges rather than traditional supports for 3D printing overhangs. Bridges offer advantages over tree supports in that they have a higher support to length ratio and are more resistant to torque. The presented method detects overhangs, then synthesizes minimal length bridges between support points using a sweep algorithm. Bridges are designed to remain stable during printing and are shown to significantly reduce material usage compared to other support types.

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    8 Bridging As Supports 16-9

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    The document discusses using bridges rather than traditional supports for 3D printing overhangs. Bridges offer advantages over tree supports in that they have a higher support to length ratio and are more resistant to torque. The presented method detects overhangs, then synthesizes minimal length bridges between support points using a sweep algorithm. Bridges are designed to remain stable during printing and are shown to significantly reduce material usage compared to other support types.

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    Support is required

    CC BY-NC-ND – sylvain.lefebvre@inria.fr 1
    Typical Approach
    • Downward extrusion
    Reliable
     High material usage
     Difficult to remove

    [Minotaur (ajolivette) / CC BY-SA 3.0]

    CC BY-NC-ND – sylvain.lefebvre@inria.fr 2
    Recent Work
    • Tree supports [MeshMixer, Vanek et al.]
    Low material usage
     Imbalanced structure
     Requires manual tuning

    CC BY-NC-ND – sylvain.lefebvre@inria.fr 3
    Trees – Pros and Cons

     Support/length ratio  Sensitive to torque

    CC BY-NC-ND – sylvain.lefebvre@inria.fr 4
    Think With Bridges

     Support/length ratio  Resistant to torque

    CC BY-NC-ND – sylvain.lefebvre@inria.fr 5
    Printing Bridges

    CC BY-NC-ND – sylvain.lefebvre@inria.fr 6
    Material usage

     Competitive to …Up to a certain


    trees height

    CC BY-NC-ND – sylvain.lefebvre@inria.fr 7
    ~50g

    0.5g

    CC BY-NC-ND – sylvain.lefebvre@inria.fr 8
    Method Overview

    1. Overhang detection
    2. Bridge synthesis

    CC BY-NC-ND – sylvain.lefebvre@inria.fr 9
    [Broodling (dutchmodul) / CC BY-SA 3.0]
    Overhang Detection
    • Input: 3D Model + Slices + Paths

    [Cute Octopus Says Hello (MakerBot) / CC BY 3.0]

    CC BY-NC-ND – sylvain.lefebvre@inria.fr 10
    Overhang Detection
    1. Use print paths
    2. Uniform sampling
    – Need Support ? Y / N
    3. Simplify wrt print order

    CC BY-NC-ND – sylvain.lefebvre@inria.fr 11
    Scaffolding: Problem Statement

    • In - Required Points
    • Out - Valid Scaffolding
     

    a b
     Global constraint

    CC BY-NC-ND – sylvain.lefebvre@inria.fr 12
    Goal: Minimal Length Scaffolding

    CC BY-NC-ND – sylvain.lefebvre@inria.fr 13
    Our Approach
    • Finding a global optimum is not easy
    • Sweep algorithm enumerating opportunities

    CC BY-NC-ND – sylvain.lefebvre@inria.fr 14
    Bridge Synthesis

    [Minotaur (ajolivette) / CC BY-SA 3.0]

    CC BY-NC-ND – sylvain.lefebvre@inria.fr 15
    Stability?

    CC BY-NC-ND – sylvain.lefebvre@inria.fr 16
    Stability?

    CC BY-NC-ND – sylvain.lefebvre@inria.fr 17
    Stability Enhancement

    CC BY-NC-ND – sylvain.lefebvre@inria.fr 18
    Sweep bottom up

    CoM

    OK

    CC BY-NC-ND – sylvain.lefebvre@inria.fr BoS 19


    Sweep bottom up

    NOT OK

    CC BY-NC-ND – sylvain.lefebvre@inria.fr BoS 20


    Sweep bottom up

    CC BY-NC-ND – sylvain.lefebvre@inria.fr BoS 21


    Sweep bottom up

    BoS
    CC BY-NC-ND – sylvain.lefebvre@inria.fr 22
    How to fix it?

    NOT OK

    CC BY-NC-ND – sylvain.lefebvre@inria.fr BoS 23


    How to fix it?

    Pillar

    CC BY-NC-ND – sylvain.lefebvre@inria.fr
    BoS 24
    How to fix it?

    Artificial required
    point

    Property of bridges:
    Center of mass always in base of support!

    CC BY-NC-ND – sylvain.lefebvre@inria.fr 25
    Detection

    CC BY-NC-ND – sylvain.lefebvre@inria.fr 26
    Results – Minotaur (Ours)

    [Minotaur (ajolivette) / CC BY-SA 3.0]

    CC BY-NC-ND – sylvain.lefebvre@inria.fr 27
    Results
    – Model: poppy project (INRIA Bordeaux)

    Poppy

    CC BY-NC-ND – sylvain.lefebvre@inria.fr 28
    Results – Hilbert Cube

    3 cm
    [Hilbert Cube (tbuser) / CC BY-SA 3.0]

    CC BY-NC-ND – sylvain.lefebvre@inria.fr 29
    Results – Gymnast

    http://www.123dapp.com/123C-3D-Model/Female-Gymnastics-Cartwheel/711240

    CC BY-NC-ND – sylvain.lefebvre@inria.fr 30
    Print time
    • In principle less plastic = faster
    • Travel might increase, but travel is fast
    • Main issue: Acceleration on small connectors

    CC BY-NC-ND – sylvain.lefebvre@inria.fr 31

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