Ondulé: Designing and Controlling 3D Printable Springs
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An interactive Rhino plugin called Ondulé converts parts into parameterized helical springs using medial-axis sampling and spiral generation, exposes sliders and direct spring-parameter editing, and embeds five joint types (prismatic, revolute, knuckle, cylindrical, ball) to isolate compress/extend/twist/bend behaviors. Mechanical tensile and torsion tests on 17 printed springs (TPLA) closely match theory, enabling stiffness prediction. Examples include jack‑in‑the‑box, a spring‑powered rocket, sensorized storytelling props and an assistive cutter; limits include print anisotropy, minimum joint resolution, and need for support/dissolvable materials.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction to Ondulé
- 1:31Why study helical springs
- 2:41Testing 3D-printable spring theory
- 5:14Isolating spring deformation behaviors
- 7:48Design tool for embedded springs
- 11:22Applications and demos
- 13:59Limitations and future work
- 14:20Summary and Q&A
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