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Digital fabrication in architecture / Nick Dunn.

By: Material type: TextTextLondon : Laurence King Publishing, 2012Description: 192 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781856698917
  • 1856698912
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 720.2840285536 23 D.N.D
LOC classification:
  • NA2728 .D866 2012
Online resources:
Contents:
A brief history -- Fabricating architecture in the digital age -- Getting started -- Digital tools and machines for fabrication -- Generation : CAD ; NURBS ; Meshes ; Curvilinear formations ; Parametric and generative design ; Algorithmic architecture ; Morphogenesis ; Integration : Hybrid techniques ; Nonstandard design and mass customization -- Digital fabrication principles ; Laser cutting ; CNC milling and routing ; Rapid prototyping ; 3-D scanning ; Robotics -- Strategies : Nonlinearity and indeterminacy ; Digital tooling ; Contouring ; Folding ; Forming ; Sectioning ; Tiling ; Future fabrication of architecture -- Conclusion -- Glossary.
Summary: With the increasing sophistication of CAD and other design software, there is now a wide array of means for both designing and fabricating architecture and its components. This book focuses on the possibilities for architecture that can be achieved with all the different technologies and techniques available.
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Books Books Main library B9 Faculty of Engineering & Technology (Architectural) 720.2840285536 D.N.D (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 00010768

includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A brief history -- Fabricating architecture in the digital age -- Getting started -- Digital tools and machines for fabrication -- Generation : CAD ; NURBS ; Meshes ; Curvilinear formations ; Parametric and generative design ; Algorithmic architecture ; Morphogenesis ; Integration : Hybrid techniques ; Nonstandard design and mass customization -- Digital fabrication principles ; Laser cutting ; CNC milling and routing ; Rapid prototyping ; 3-D scanning ; Robotics -- Strategies : Nonlinearity and indeterminacy ; Digital tooling ; Contouring ; Folding ; Forming ; Sectioning ; Tiling ; Future fabrication of architecture -- Conclusion -- Glossary.

With the increasing sophistication of CAD and other design software, there is now a wide array of means for both designing and fabricating architecture and its components. This book focuses on the possibilities for architecture that can be achieved with all the different technologies and techniques available.

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