4D Printing Simulation / Programmable Textiles
Ronny Haberer
Ronny Haberer
Project information
Submitted by
Ronny Haberer
Co-AuthorsRonny Haberer
MentorsPatrick Bösch
Winter semester 2016/17
Faculty:
Art and Design
Degree programme:
Product Design (Bachelor of Arts (B.A.))
Semester project
Project description
With a structure printed on a stretched fabric it is possible to “program” a textile. The goal of the project was to discover rules and evaluating the possibilities of this technology. After several test prints I decided to script a simulation to make predictions about the behaviour of the textile. This shortcut safes time and material, simulating the effect of different structures on the fly. The simulation runs with "Grasshopper" for scripting and "Rhinozeros 5.0" as CAD software. Furthermore it is possible to render videos as shown in the example.
The simulation (MIT license) can be found on github:
https://github.com/rhaberer/4D-Printing-Programmable-Textiles
email: mail[at]ronnyhaberer.de