@inproceedings{826ee248f3b540839c9510b8d2380d7d,
title = "Curved support structures and meshes with spherical vertex stars",
abstract = "The computation and construction of curved beams along freeform skins pose many challenges. We show how to use surfaces of constant mean curvature (CMC) to compute beam networks with beneficial properties, both aesthetically and from a fabrication perspective. To explore variations of such networks we introduce a new discretization of CMC surfaces as quadrilateral meshes with spherical vertex stars and right node angles. The computed non-CMC surface variations can be seen as a path in design space - exploring possible solutions in a neighborhood, or represent an actual erection sequence exploiting elastic material behavior.",
keywords = "CMC surfaces, Elastic deformation, Support structures",
author = "Martin Kilian and Hui Wang and Eike Schling and Jonas Schikore and Helmut Pottmann",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 Copyright held by the owner/author(s).; ACM SIGGRAPH 2018 Posters - International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, SIGGRAPH 2018 ; Conference date: 12-08-2018 Through 16-08-2018",
year = "2018",
month = aug,
day = "12",
doi = "10.1145/3230744.3230787",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9781450358170",
series = "ACM SIGGRAPH 2018 Posters, SIGGRAPH 2018",
publisher = "Association for Computing Machinery, Inc",
booktitle = "ACM SIGGRAPH 2018 Posters, SIGGRAPH 2018",
}