Designing unreinforced masonry models

Daniele Panozzo; Philippe Block; Olga Sorkine-Hornung

doi:10.1145/2461912.2461958

Designing unreinforced masonry models

Daniele Panozzo, Philippe Block, Olga Sorkine-Hornung

Computer Science

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Abstract

We present a complete design pipeline that allows non-expert users to design and analyze masonry structures without any structural knowledge. We optimize the force layouts both geometrically and topologically, finding a self-supported structure that is as close as possible to a given target surface. The generated structures are tessellated into hexagonal blocks with a pattern that prevents sliding failure. The models can be used in physically plausible virtual environments or 3D printed and assembled without reinforcements.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	91
Journal	ACM Transactions on Graphics
Volume	32
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2461912.2461958
State	Published - Jul 2013

Keywords

Field alignment
Masonry models
Optimization
Self-supporting surfaces
Tessellation
Thrust network analysis

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Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design

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