Materia Goes3d en 3d Printing
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Preface
Materia goes 3D printing
Rapid Manufacturing, Rapid Prototyping, Rapid Tooling,3D printing, Stereolithography, Laser Sintering. What do theseterms refer to and what can exactly be achieved throughthese techniques?
The exhibition ‘Materia goes 3D printing’ addresses theterminological confusion and shows the possibilities. Six ofthe most common techniques are explained and illustratedin the exhibition, based on descriptions, photographs, films and
objects. These six techniques are also explained in this booklet.In addition, two articles give an idea of what scaling up inAdditive Manufacturing – the term used for the collectedtechniques – could mean for architecture.
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Preface 2Introduction 6
Additive Manufacturing techniques 8
Technique 1: Stereolithography 10 Technique 2: Selective Laser Sintering 18 Technique 3: Digital Light Processing 38
Technique 4: Fused Deposit Modelling 42 Technique 5: 3D printing 48
Technique 6: PolyJet Matrix 56
3D printing for architecture 64 Printing using concrete 66 Revolution at the construction site 72
Colophon 76
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connection for curtain wall systems printedin stainless steel. Italian engineer EnricoDini printed a folly of about three squaremeters using a machine he developed
himself.
Often, people refer to 3D printing for con-venience; the various techniques referred toby this concept indeed correspond to thefamiliar two-dimensional printing. Digitaldata is converted into motions of a printer
head that creates a physical object with thedesired shape. In addition to 3D printing,more concepts are used, such as RapidPrototyping, Rapid Manufacturing, RapidTooling, Stereolithography and LaserSintering. Sometimes they concern moreor less synonyms, sometimes they concerndifferent techniques. In 2009, the ASTM
Additive Manufacturing
3D printing is no longer a spectaculartechnique of the future, but a common
production method of today. By now, every-one has learned about the 3D printed scalemodels, jewellery and furniture. Moreover,with medical implants, about half of theWest European population has a 3D printin their mouth. Dutch fashion designerIris van Herpen has included 3D printed
clothing in her recent collection ‘Escapism’. In architecture and construction, 3Dprinting has yet to become daily practice,but extensive research is being conductedinto the creation of façade parts forinstance, by Holger Strauß at the DelftUniversity of Technology. Alcoaarchitectuur systemen is already using a
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Introduction
F42-committee that defines internationaltechnical standards for the industry decidedto record the term Additive Manufacturing(AM) as the general term. This concerns
processes in which objects are createdbased on a digital 3D model, without useof a mould, and with no material beingremoved, as in subtractive productiontechniques such as milling. Rapid Manufacturing (RM) is a form ofAM and concerns the creation of finished
products. If RM is not feasible for whateverreason, Rapid Tooling may be a solution:printing a mould which is then used tocreate the desired product in small seriesand using the desired material.
The digital 3D model required for the objectto be printed is created using Computer
Aided Design (CAD). It is also possible toscan an existing object. The digital 3Dmodels might have to be cleaned up, if theyare not suitable for a printer. Then, the CAD
file has to be converted into a STL formatthat the 3D printer will be able to read. Thisformat describes a 3D surface in triangles.Subsequently, the STL file will have to becut up in digital slices in view of printingin layers, and converted into a G-code thatcontrols the 3D printer. Then the object is
formed, usually layer by layer, by gluing,melting or curing powder or liquid.Thanks to the AM-techniques, virtually anyobject modeled on the computer can berealized. This gives designers and architectsgreat freedom in (complex) design, butalso in customization and individualadjustments.
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Additive Manufacturing techniques
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scanner system
laser
layers ofsolified resin
liquid resin
platformand piston
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Stereolithography (SLA) is one of the oldesttechniques of Rapid Manufacturing. Themachine uses a computer controlled laserand a fluid photopolymer. Instructed by a
CAD file, a laser beam moves across a thinlayer of liquid. The polymer solidifies dueto the light. After the laser has cured thesurface of the photopolymer at the desiredlocations, the platform descends and a newlayer of liquid polymer is applied by themachine. In this layer, the laser again willdraw and cure the desired shape. Support-ing structures are required during printingfor cantilevers, cavities and fine structures.They are created the same way. Theplatform on which the object is shaped,gradually descends the distance of the layerthickness. This way the object is built fromthe bottom up. Once the machine is done,
the support is removed manually and themodel can be removed from the machine. Various synthetic resins are available forSLA with various mechanical properties.The technique uses high resolution and aremarkably high precision (about 0.2mm).This makes SLA suitable for many appli-cations, such as working prototypes andcomponents. Objects created through thistechnique usually have a smooth surface.
Technique 1
Stereolithography
End products can be created using addi-tional finishing phases. However, stereo-lithography also has a number oflimitations. The freedom of design is
limited by the necessity of the supportingstructures for overhangs and cavities.Moreover, the realization speed is prettylow. The Dutch research institute TNO hasdeveloped the Improved Micro StereoLithograph. According to the institute, the‘Lepus’ machine builds significantly morelayers per hour, due to which a (relatively)high construction speed is feasible atresolutions up to 0,025 mm. Stereolithography was developed in1987 by the company 3D-Systems from theUnited States. The common abbreviationSLA was derived from StereolithographyApparatus. The abbreviation STL refers to
the same technique.
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Year 2003
Photographer i.materialise
Lotus.MGX lamp Designer Janne Kytannenwww.jannekyttanen.com
Manufacturer .MGX by Materialisewww.i.materialise.com
Stereolithography
Stereolithography
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Year 2010
Dragonfly.MGX
* Jan Wertell, Gernot Oberfell andMathias Bär
Designer WertellOberfell-Platform*www.platform-net.com
Manufacturer .MGX by Materialisewww.i.materialise.com
Photographer i.materialise
Stereolithography
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Stereolithography
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RibbonEarrings
Year 2011
Photographer Svetlana & John Briscella
Designer Svetlana & John Briscellawww.aminimalstudio.com
Manufacturer AMINIMAL studiowww.aminimalstudio.com
Stereolithography
Stereolithography
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Year 2011
Photographer Svetlana & John Briscella
RibbonNecklace
Designer Svetlana & John Briscellawww.aminimalstudio.com
Manufacturer AMINIMAL studiowww.aminimalstudio.com
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scanner system
laser
chamber undermelting pointof the materialpowder
powder
building platform
powder deliverysystem
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Selective Laser Sintering
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Photographer Thomas Duval
Year 2010
Designer Patrick Jouinwww.patrickjouin.com
Manufacturer .MGX by Materialisewww.i.materialise.com
Selective Laser Sintering
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Year 2007
AI.MGX Designer Assa Ashuachwww.assaashuach.com
Photographer Stéphane Briolant
Manufacturer .MGX by Materialisewww.i.materialise.com
Selective Laser Sintering
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Year 2010
Photographer i.materialise
Parasite Designer Hans Palacioswww.morphingdesign.com
Manufacturer .MGX by Materialisewww.i.materialise.com
Selective Laser Sintering
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Photographer i.materialise
Year 2005
One_Shot.MGX Designer Patrick Jouinwww.patrickjouin.com
Manufacturer .MGX by Materialisewww.i.materialise.com
Selective Laser Sintering
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Year 2009
Photographer Bram Geenen
Gaudi Stool Designer Bram Geenenwww.studiogeenen.com
Manufacturer plasticproto.comwww.plasticproto.com
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Selective Laser Sintering
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Year 2006—2007
Photographer Chequita Nahar
Captured Designer Chequita Naharwww.chequitanahar.nl
Manufacturer .MGX by Materialisewww.i.materialise.com
Selective Laser Sintering
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Year 2006—2007
Photographer Chequita Nahar
Blossom Designer Chequita Naharwww.chequitanahar.nl
Manufacturer .MGX by Materialisewww.i.materialise.com
Selective Laser Sintering
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Photographer Rinus Roelofs
Year 2004
Spiral Loop Designer Rinus Roelofswww.rinusroelofs.nl
Manufacturer TNOwww.tno.nl
Selective Laser Sintering
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Photographer Rinus Roelofs
Year 2008
Double Cube –Connected Holes
Designer Rinus Roelofswww.rinusroelofs.nl
Manufacturer Layerwisewww.layerwise.com
Selective Laser Sintering
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Photographer Rinus Roelofs
Year 2010
Helical Holes Designer Rinus Roelofswww.rinusroelofs.nl
Manufacturer .MGX by Materialisewww.i.materialise.com
Selective Laser Sintering
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Photographer Rinus Roelofs
Year 2010
Four MoebiusBands
Designer Rinus Roelofswww.rinusroelofs.nl
Manufacturer Shapewayswww.shapeways.com
Selective Laser Sintering
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Photographer Rinus Roelofs
Year 2005
OctahedralConstruction
Designer Rinus Roelofswww.rinusroelofs.nl
Manufacturer TNOwww.tno.nl
Selective Laser Sintering
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Year 2010
Photographer Sandy Noble
PolyopticBraceletsand Rings
Designer Sandy Noblewww.uptomuch.co.uk
Manufacturer Up To Much Design + Makewww.uptomuch.co.uk
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Selective Laser Sintering
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Year 2009
Photographer Norbert Palz
CITA_SampleKnitted Material
Designer Norbert Palzwww.cita.karch.dk
Manufacturer DAVINCI developmentwww.davinci.dk
Selective Laser Sintering
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Year 2005
Photographer Freedom Of Creation
1597 (D32)Wall light
Designer Janne Kyttanenwww.jannekyttanen.com
Manufacturer Freedom Of Creationwww.freedomofcreation.com
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working platform
light resin bathon top of glass pane
UV light mirror matrix
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Digital Light Processing
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Digital Light Processing (DLP) uses liquidphotopolymer that is cured in the desiredform by exposing it to UV light. As opposedto stereolithography, the light source doesnot move across the liquid, but the polymeris exposed at once. Through a mirror matrixthe UV light is projected on a glass sheet,that forms the bottom of a chamber filledwith a liquid polymer. Due to this, the entiresurface is exposed at once, except for thosespots where the microscopic mirrors don’treflect light (a so-called ‘ bitmap mask’).
The software sends information to the mir-ror matrix, activating each mirror individu-ally to tilt in respect of the light source andto reflect the light (selective light modula-tion) through a lens on the glass sheet. Dueto this, the liquid polymer can be cured withgreat accuracy. What further distinguishesthis technique from others is that the workplatform – the top of the constructionchamber – is constantly rising. This meansthat the object grows as a homogenousshape, avoiding the layered or sandy ap-pearance which is the result of other tech-niques. In addition, the object isconstructed upside down.
Objects created have a smooth surface,and thanks to the continuous process and
the very high resolution at DLP, are very ac-curate. For that reason, DLP is applied formolds for jewelry among other things, butalso for medical products such as hearingaids and dentures. The materials appliedare high-quality wax types. For products thatwill be worn on the skin or that will be im-planted, materials tolerated by the body willbe used. Digital Light Processing was developed in2002 by the German company Envisiontec.Special medical and dental applications
have been developed by the company in col-laboration with Materialise, 3Shape and re-spectively Dental-Wings.
Technique 3
Digital Light Processing
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Photographer Martin Tamke
Manufacturer 3D Print Nordicwww.3dprintnorge.com
Year 2011
Fractal City Designer CITA*www.cita.karch.dk
* Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen,Martin Tamke & Jacob Riiber
Digital Light Processing
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extrusion nozzles
moving platform
building platform
build material spool
support material spool
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Fused Deposit Modelling
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Photographer Martijn Elserman
Manufacturer Ultimaking Ltd.www.ultimaker.com
Year 2011
Designer Ultimaker*www.ultimaker.com
Ultimaker
* Martijn Elserman, Erik de Bruijn,Siert Wijnia
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Fused Deposit Modelling
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Year 2009
Photographer Z33, Kristof Vrancken
Samples L’ArtisanElectronique
Designer Unfold* i.s.m. Tim Knapenwww.unfold.be
Manufacturer Unfold & Bits from Byteswww.unfold.be
* Dries Verbruggen & Claire Warnier
Fused Deposit Modelling
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Year 2011
Photographer Jonathan Wong
PenroseTriangle Illusion
Designer Jonathan Wongwww.sfoggle.com.au
Manufacturer Sfoggle Pty Ltdwww.sfoggle.com.au
printhead with
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binder andcolour cartridge
powder bedas supportstructure
building platform
roller
powder
powder deliverysystem
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3D printingTechniek 5
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3D Printing – not intended as the generalindication, but as a specific technique – issimilar to the inkjet printing of documentswhich has become very familiar. The print-ing machine is equipped with the commonink cartridge that contains ink with a bind-ing agent. Prescribed by a CAD file, this isprinted in small drops on a thin layer ofpowder. The layer of powder, which mayconsist of plaster, ceramic or resin powderfor instance, can be considered the equiva-lent of paper in inkjet printing. Coloured
glue is used to bind the powder into a layerof the design that also adheres to theunderlying layer. After each print layer, theplatform on which the print process takesplace descends and a new layer of powderis shoved onto the work platform. The print-ing process occurs layer for layer – ‘papersheet after paper sheet’ – and the object isbuilt up from the bottom. The powder thatdoesn’t cure – because it is on a non-printlocation – serves as supporting materialfor cavities, cantilevers etc. No separatesupporting construction has to be provided. Once the printing process is completed,the loose powder can be removed using a
brush or compressed air. The powder canthen be reused. The printed object is fragile
and has to be solidified by dipping it intosynthetic resin or super glue. Objectscreated through 3D Printing (3DP) are lessstrong than objects created through SLS forinstance and are more like fragile plastics.The surface has a sandy, grainy appearance.Due to the fragility, the technology is mainlysuitable for (architectural) scale models,figures, awards and other decorative items. An advantage of 3DP is that it currentlyis the only technique that allows for multi-colour printing. The colour of the powder is
off-white/greyish, but the surface can havevirtually any colour. The desired coloursare achieved by combining four different(CMYK) coloured glues. The resolution is600 x 540 dpi. A UV coating, applied asspray, prevents the object from discolouring. The 3D printing process was developedat the MIT in the United States in the nine-ties. Since 2000 the American companiesZ Corporation, Stratasys and 3D-Systemsand the German Voxeljet have been sellingit as commercial technology.
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3D printing
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Year 2009 Photographer Frank Tjepkema
Oogst 1 Designer Tjep.www.tjep.com
Manufacturer Tjep. / FabLabwww.tjep.com
3D printing
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Photographer Rinus RoelofsYear 2008
EntwinedPentagonalKnot
Designer Rinus Roelofswww.rinusroelofs.nl
Manufacturer Jonk Models and Publicitywww.jonkmp.nl
3D printing
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Photographer Rinus RoelofsYear 2011
Helical Holes 3 Designer Rinus Roelofswww.rinusroelofs.nl
Manufacturer Dinitechwww.d-shape.com
3D printing
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Year 2010 Photographer Martin Tamke
LamellaFlock Designer CITA*www.cita.karch.dk
Manufacturer CITA at School of Architecturewww.cita.karch.dk
* Martin Tamke and Jacob Riiber
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3D printing
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PolyJet MatrixTechniek 6
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The PolyJet Matrix technology uses liquidpolymers jetted by the machine throughcountless of spraying nozzles. The printerhead moves back and forth, just like incommon printers. The liquid photopolymeris constantly applied in a very thin layer (16to 30 micron). The applied layer is instantlycured by using UV light (polymerized).Thanks to the instant curing of the thinlayers, it’s not necessary to post-process the
end product. The high-precision construc-tion allows for very thin 0.6 mm walls.For cavities or cantilevers in the object, asupporting construction is required. Build-ing material and the non-toxic gel-likesupport material are applied simultane-ously. The platform on which the object isbuilt, gradually descends the distance of thelayer thickness. The supporting structurecan be easily removed by using a WaterJetdevice, only leaving the desired object. The PolyJet Matrix has great accuracy anddelivers products with an outstandingsmooth surface. In addition, a large numberof materials is available for this technology,
such as different rubber-like flexiblematerials, engineering plastics ABS-like,
clear transparent as well as rigid opaquematerials in various colours and PP-likematerial. Objet, founded in 1998, is the patentholder of this technology and provides thepossibility with PolyJet Matrix Technologyof printing objects in several materials, withdifferent mechanical and physical proper-ties in one print run. Each of the eightprinter heads contains 96 spraying nozzles
that are controlled separately. Materials canbe combined in different manners: a hardopaque and a hard transparent material forinstance, or a hard and a flexible material.This way, objects can be created in differentcolours and materials as well as compositematerials – all in a single build.
PolyJet Matrix
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Year 2009 Photographer Norbert Palz
CITA_SamplesMaterialSpecification
Designer Norbert Palzwww.cita.karch.dk
Manufacturer Objetwww.objet.com
PolyJet Matrix
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Year 2008 Photographer Norbert Palz
Objet Designer Norbert Palz & Bernhard Sommerwww.cita.karch.dk
Manufacturer Objetwww.objet.com
PolyJet Matrix
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Printing using concrete: large scale RM
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The introduction of Rapid Manufacturing(RM) could create a major breakthrough inthe current outdated construction methods.Concrete, which was invented as far back as100 B.C. is still being used as basic buildingmaterial. The current construction activitymainly consists of manual labour and newtechnologies merely focus on the auto-mation of that manual labour, withoutquestioning the construction process itself.
The construction industry is sensing in -creased pressure to modernize its activities.People are facing dangerous workingenvironments and a shortage of craftsmen,but people are also looking for ways torespond to the emerging climate andenvironmental issues. The constructionindustry is responsible for one third of thewaste produced around the world. By
designing and building our buildings ascomplete systems, we could save up to 75%in energy. It is the task of the architect toprovide an answer for these challenges. Architects have always drawn what theyare able to build and built what they are ableto draw. Recent developments in CAD/CAMtechnology are the first step in the rightdirection, but change nothing about theconstruction process: the CNC cutting
machine only replaces the carpenter withthe handsaw. RM however, provides acompletely new construction method.Various complex actions, such as materialproduction, material removal, materialtreatment and assembly are replaced bya repetition of simple, identical, computercontrolled operations.
Having a complete building roll out of a printer may seem like purefiction, but this reality is closer than you think. ‘Freeform Fabrication’ is aresearch project in which a computer controlled machine creates concreteconstructions. An immensely large printer that doesn’t produce ink, butconcrete, converts a digital model into a physical object. ‘Large Scale
Rapid Manufacturing’ creates new possibilities in architecture.
Text Sam Bernaerdt and Kevin Van Hauwaert
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Freeform Fabrication :architecture reinvented
The advantages of RM for the constructionindustry are virtually endless, but the mainissue of today is the lack of an adjustedtechnology: current technologies are notsuitable for large scale applications of RM.Fortunately, the search for a suitable
process is in full effect. “Freeform Fabrica-tion: Mega-scale rapid manufacturing forconstruction” is one of them: a researchproject, launched in 2006 at the Universityof Loughborough (Innovative Manu-facturing and Construction ResearchCentre) where a 5 × 5 × 5 m RM machinewas created, able to print concrete trailswith a resolution of 9 × 6 mm.With the arrival of this machine, architectswill soon be able to develop a completelynew design language. Not only the outerappearance of our buildings will changedrastically, but their performance as well.RM allows for better integration of facilities,
such as ventilation and wiring channels,heating and context-specific requirementswithin printed components. Architects willhave to reconsider the design of day to dayconstruction components, such as thetraditional wall structure. For instance,why do columns look identical in so manybuildings, when they have different loads?The answer is easy: with the current
construction processes, it is economicallyand technically more feasible to produceidentical columns. RM however, allows forcolumn-specific optimization. This newdevelopment may lead to a drastic reduc-tion of material use within the constructionindustry. Moreover, there will be virtually nolimits with regard to the geometriccomplexity of our constructions. Things get
even more interesting when differentmaterials are printed using the sameprocess, such is already the case in recentRM technologies for small scale applica-tions. Time will tell what this will lead to,but certain is that the imminent introduc-tion of RM into the construction industrywill entail drastic changes.
DesignIn current RP techniques, the print resolu-tion is so high that the structure is hardlyvisible for the naked eye. The concreteprinter distinguishes itself with regard tothis because of the relatively thick concrete
trails, making the path the printer headtravels very present in the printed model,significantly affecting the surface texture.For architects this will form an importantpart of the design. The existing CAMsoftware does not offer possibilities tofreely choose the printing path, forcing thearchitect to look for alternative methodsto create these paths.
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Using the G-Code Toolkit, the same shape can be printed in different ways
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Usually a model is built from a dazzlingamount of trails, making the manualdrawing process of the paths the work oftitans. “Large scale rapid manufacturing forconstruction: the architecture of a newdesign environment” has become a studyinto the different methods to intelligentlyshape these paths. Through parametric
CAD software, the logic of a filling patternthat automatically generates paths can bedescribed. However, these methods forgenerating printer paths have a downside:they require significant knowledge ofcomplex 3D modeling or programming.Most architects would rather focus on thedesign than on the computer part, and aretherefore unable to use this method.
New design environmentAlthough the possibilities of this concreteprinter are huge, it can only be deployed ifthe technology is accessible. There is a needfor easy and swift communication between
the designer and this machine. To meet thisneed, we developed software that allowsdesigners, engineers and architects to usethis technique. By granting the designercontrol over the machine and by bringingthe both of them closer together, thedevelopment of the Freeform Fabricationproject is stimulated. Each designer able todraw a 3D shape, can use this technique.
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G-Code Toolkit and G-Code It‘G-Code Toolkit’ is CAD software that loadsa model, divides it into layers and subse-quently generates the printing pathsautomatically according to certain patterns.The user can determine the filling patternfor every layer. He may choose from a seriesof standard filling patterns, to which he can
apply a number of variations. By combiningdifferent patterns, he is given numerouspossibilities, allowing the same shape to beprinted in various manners. It is alsopossible to visualize the resulting concretetrails in ‘G-Code Toolkit’. This allows thearchitect to see the final printed result inadvance. ‘G-Code It’ is CAM software thatmakes sure that the concrete trails designedare correctly printed. The imported printerpaths are converted into G-Code. Theprinting process itself can be simulatedusing ‘G-Code It’ as well. These paths can either be generated auto-matically by the ‘G-Code Toolkit’, but they
can also originate from another source: anyCAD software can be used for this. Thelatter makes sure that the designer is notlimited by the options of the built-in fillingpatterns, but that he/she can have theconcrete printer follow any path.
AcknowledgementsThe authors would like to thank their
promoter prof. Xavier De Kestelier formaking this thesis possible. They also wantto thank the scientists of the FreeformFabrication project for their willing coopera-tion.
This is an abbreviated version of a study reportof Sam Bernaerdt and Kevin Van Hauwaert
The authorsSam Bernaerdt and Kevin Van Hauwaertgraduated June 2009 as Masters in Engineering:Architecture at the University of Ghent. Theywere awarded their diploma for their thesis:‘Large Scale Rapid Manufacturing in Construc-tion Industry: the Architecture of a New Design
Environment’ supervised by prof. XavierDe Kestelier.Since September 2009, Sam Bernaerdt hasbeen working part-time as assistant computersupporting design techniques at the Universityof Ghent and part-time at Materialise in Leuven.(email: [email protected])Kevin Van Hauwaert has been working atengineer architect at architecten VandeKerckhove (AVDK) in Heule and is manager ofV2A. (email: [email protected])
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Parametric designFrom 2003 to 2010, Van Zuuk wasprofessor at the TU Eindhoven where he
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the movement of the printer head and thedistribution of the ink on the paper.
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taught graduates to build computer scriptsto translate lawful actions into a complexbuilding shape. The so-called parametricdesigning process facilitates the realizationof complex shapes. Because once such ascript has been created – a process thattakes weeks – the designer can refine hisdesign as much as he wants, with the
computer generating the end result atlightning speed. In this, the dimensions andthe positions of the elements of which thedesign consists are instantly calculated. VanZuuk considers parametric designing to bethe way to facilitate the manufacturability ofcomplex buildings. The downside is that thecomputer is more accurate than the build-ing practice. “If the computer calculatesthat a beam should be exactly five meters,the slot that needs to hold that beam at theconstruction site could be a centimeterlarger or smaller”.
3D printing
During his departure from the TU, van Zuukdidn’t just look back at his time in Eind-hoven and his experiences with parametricdesigning, but mainly discussed a possiblerevolution for the construction site: 3Dprinting. The way the 3D printer works isbest described by comparing it to printingdocuments. The computer makes sure thatthe digital data is instantly converted into
converted into the movement of the printerhead as well. The difference is however thatthe paper has been replaced by sand forinstance, and ink is replaced by a bindingagent. Where the printer prints per page,the 3D printer adds a new layer of sand perprint layer. The moving printer head spraysa binding agent onto the sand, due to which
it cures. By ‘building’ layer for layer usingthis method, a square sand volume iscreated, within which a cured structurearises. After removing the loose sand,the cured structure remains. There are countless possibilities in termsof materials. For instance, basic materialshave been developed that, after curing, havethe properties of wood and natural stonefor instance. Printing in colour is possibleas well.
The development of large 3D printers isin full effect. The Italian dr. ing. Enrico Diniis the first person who printed a three meterhigh and wide folly using a machine he
developed himself. The next step is his 6 by6 meter machine, which he can use to ploteven larger objects.
Material is moneyWhere parametric designing has provento be a great tool within the constructionpractice – which is characterized by laws –it is still trapped within limitations. What if
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Publisher Architectenweb BV
Graphic designDavid Llamas
Editor
Robert Muis
TextsRobert MuisWith contributions bySam Bernaerdt, Kevin Van Hauwaert andRobert-Jan de Kort
Curator & OrganisationMarisa Richter
Employees for this exhibitionTanya DochevaFrederik CeulemansIne Van de Velde
Sjoerd ReitsmaSehrish Shakeel
PrintingIpskamp Drukkers
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