The paper describes a mesh segmentation method for fabricating 3D shapes with fluidic shaping, where the mesh is split into pieces that each approximate a constant mean curvature (CMC) surface.
How it works: Each segment stays within a user-specified tolerance of the target, and a CMC evolution step runs during segmentation to find physically stable surfaces.
Fabrication: Seams from the segmentation form a wireframe scaffold, polymer fluid is injected into it, and the structure cures as one continuous, isotropic volume.
Claimed surface quality: The authors say each segment's interior reaches nanometer-scale roughness without the costly post-processing that conventional approaches need for comparable quality.
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The paper describes a mesh segmentation method for fabricating 3D shapes with fluidic shaping, where the mesh is split into pieces that each approximate a constant mean curvature (CMC) surface.