FreeD - A freehand digital sculpting tool

Amit Zoran; Joseph A. Paradiso

doi:10.1145/2470654.2481361

FreeD - A freehand digital sculpting tool

Amit Zoran, Joseph A. Paradiso

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Abstract

In this paper, we present an approach to combining digital fabrication and craft, emphasizing the user experience. While many researchers strive to enable makers to design and produce 3D objects, our research seeks to present a new fabrication approach to make unique, one-of-a-kind artifacts. To that end, we developed the FreeD, a hand-held digital milling device. The system is guided and monitored by a computer while preserving the maker's freedom to sculpt and carve, and to manipulate the work in many creative ways. Relying on a predesigned 3D model, the computer gets into action only when the milling bit risks the object's integrity, by slowing down the spindle's speed or by drawing back the shaft, while the rest of the time it allows complete gestural freedom. We describe the key concepts of our work and its motivation, present the FreeD's architecture and technology, and discuss two projects made with the tool.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI 2013
Subtitle of host publication	Changing Perspectives, Conference Proceedings - The 31st Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Pages	2613-2616
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2470654.2481361
State	Published - 2013
Externally published	Yes
Event	31st Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Changing Perspectives, CHI 2013 - Paris, France Duration: 27 Apr 2013 → 2 May 2013

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Name	Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

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Conference	31st Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Changing Perspectives, CHI 2013
Country/Territory	France
City	Paris
Period	27/04/13 → 2/05/13

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SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

Keywords

Carving
Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
Craft
Digital Fabrication
Milling

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Software
Human-Computer Interaction
Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design

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Zoran, A & Paradiso, JA 2013, FreeD - A freehand digital sculpting tool. in CHI 2013: Changing Perspectives, Conference Proceedings - The 31st Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings, pp. 2613-2616, 31st Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Changing Perspectives, CHI 2013, Paris, France, 27/04/13. https://doi.org/10.1145/2470654.2481361

FreeD - A freehand digital sculpting tool. / Zoran, Amit; Paradiso, Joseph A.
CHI 2013: Changing Perspectives, Conference Proceedings - The 31st Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. 2013. p. 2613-2616 (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings).

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