Objective Despite the advances in fabrication technologies such as 3D printing, we still lack the software allowing for anyone to easily manipulate and create useful objects. Not many people possess the required skills and time to create elegant designs that conform to precise technical specifications.'By--example' shape synthesis methods are promising to address this problem: New shapes are automatically synthesized by assembling parts cutout of examples. The underlying assumption is that if parts are stitched along similar areas, the result will be similar in terms of its low--level representation: Any small spatial neighborhood in the output matches a neighborhood in the input. However, these approaches offer little control over the global organization of the synthesized shapes, which is randomized.The ShapeForge challenge is to automatically produce new objects visually similar to a set of examples, while ensuring that the generated objects can enforce a specific purpose, such as supporting weight distributed in space, affording for seating space or allowing for light to go through. This properties are crucial for someone designing furniture, lamps, containers, stairs and many of the common objects surrounding us. The originality of my approach is to cast a new view on the problem of 'by--example' shape synthesis, formulating it as the joint optimization of 'by--example' objectives, semantic descriptions of the content, as well as structural and fabrication objectives. Throughout the project, we will consider the full creation pipeline, from modeling to the actual fabrication of objects on a 3D printer. We will test our results on printed parts, verifying that they can be fabricated and exhibit the requested structural properties in terms of stability and resistance. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwareengineering and technologymechanical engineeringmanufacturing engineeringadditive manufacturing Programme(s) FP7-IDEAS-ERC - Specific programme: "Ideas" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Topic(s) ERC-SG-PE6 - ERC Starting Grant - Computer science and informatics Call for proposal ERC-2012-StG_20111012 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme ERC-SG - ERC Starting Grant Host institution INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE EN INFORMATIQUE ET AUTOMATIQUE EU contribution € 1 301 832,00 Address DOMAINE DE VOLUCEAU ROCQUENCOURT 78153 Le Chesnay Cedex France See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Yvelines Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Armelle Demange (Ms.) Principal investigator Sylvain Lefebvre (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Beneficiaries (1) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE EN INFORMATIQUE ET AUTOMATIQUE France EU contribution € 1 301 832,00 Address DOMAINE DE VOLUCEAU ROCQUENCOURT 78153 Le Chesnay Cedex See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Yvelines Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Armelle Demange (Ms.) Principal investigator Sylvain Lefebvre (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data
