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Large-size color models visualization under 3D paper-based printing

Jiangping Yuan (State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China and Norwegian Colour and Visual Computing Laboratory, Gjøvik University College, Gjovilk, Norway)
Zhaohui Yu (State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China)
Guangxue Chen (State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China)
Ming Zhu (Color Research Center for Digital Printing, Henan University of Engineering, Zhengzhou, China AND Norwegian Colour and Visual Computing Laboratory, Gjøvik University College, Gjovilk, Norway)
Yanfei Gao (Department of Information Engineering, Zhongshan Torch Polytechnic, Zhongshan, China and State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China)

Rapid Prototyping Journal

ISSN: 1355-2546

Article publication date: 22 August 2017

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to study a feasible visualization of large-size three-dimension (3D) color models which are beyond the maximum print size of newest paper-based 3D printer used 3D cutting-bonding frame (3D-CBF) and evaluate the effects of cutting angle and layout method on printing time of designed models.

Design/methodology/approach

Sixteen models, including cuboid model, cylinder model, hole model and sphere model with different shape features, were divided into two symmetric parts and printed by the Mcor IRIS HD 3D printer. Before printing, two sub-parts were rearranged in one of three layout methods. Nine scaled sizes of original models were printed to find the quantitative relationship between printing time and scale values in each type. For the 0.3 times of original models, six cutting angles were evaluated in detail.

Findings

The correlation function about colorization time and printed pages was proposed. Based on 3D-CBF, the correlation between printing time and scale size is statistically defined. Optimization parameters of designed parts visualization about cutting angel and layout method were found, even if their statistical results were difficult to model their effects on printing time of specimens.

Research limitations/implications

The research is comparative and limited to the special models and used procedures.

Originality/value

The paper provides a feasible visualization and printing speed optimization methods for the further industrialization of 3D paper-based printing technology in cultural creative field.

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Acknowledgements

This work was financially supported by National Students' Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program funded by South China University of Technology (Grant No. 201410561089), the Guangdong Provincial Science and Technology Program (Grant No. 2013B010401007, Grant No. 2013B090600060). The authors wish to thank several people for their help and advice: Yimin Liu and Junhao Liao in SCUT, Jessica el-Khoury, Jon Y. Hardeberg and Marius Pedersen in GUC.

Citation

Yuan, J., Yu, Z., Chen, G., Zhu, M. and Gao, Y. (2017), "Large-size color models visualization under 3D paper-based printing", Rapid Prototyping Journal, Vol. 23 No. 5, pp. 911-918. https://doi.org/10.1108/RPJ-08-2015-0099

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Emerald Publishing Limited

Copyright © 2017, Emerald Publishing Limited

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