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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

How To Pack Anything

Abstract

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3D printers can make anything, from household tools to rocket engines, so long as the models can be packed into a given enclosure. The denser the packing, the more efficient the print is. Unfortunately, modern packing research has struggled with complex shapes and even proprietary packing software is not capable of effectively processing the wide variety of models created for 3D printing. A recent work (Spectral Packing [1]) uses the frequency space of a voxel grid to achieve impressive performance. However, voxel grids present their own challenges as their resolution and complexity are intrinsically linked. Our proposed extension alleviates these issues by allowing sub-voxel positioning, faster disassembly of loose objects, and incorporating a combinatorial search algorithm of tunable complexity. With these elements, we achieve improved results of packing arbitrary 3D objects.

Degree

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Name thesis:degree_name
Master
Department dc:contributor.department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Grantor dc:publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Year dc:date.issued
2023

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Rong, Victor
Advisor dc:contributor.advisor
  • Durand, Frédo

Rights

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Statement dc:rights
  • In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
  • Copyright retained by author(s)

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Handle dc:identifier.uri
https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/151340
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oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/151340

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Rong, Victor. How To Pack Anything. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2023. https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/151340