SPATA: Spatio-tangible tools for fabrication-aware design

Christian Weichel; Jason Alexander; Abhijit Karnik; Hans Gellersen

doi:10.1145/2677199.2680576

SPATA: Spatio-tangible tools for fabrication-aware design

Christian Weichel, Jason Alexander, Abhijit Karnik, Hans Gellersen

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Abstract

The physical tools used when designing new objects for digital fabrication are mature, yet disconnected from their virtual accompaniments. SPATA is the digital adaptation of two spatial measurement tools, that explores their closer integration into virtual design environments. We adapt two of the traditional measurement tools: calipers and protractors. Both tools can measure, transfer, and present size and angle. Their close integration into different design environments makes tasks more fluid and convenient. We describe the tools' design, a prototype implementation, integration into different environments, and application scenarios validating the concept.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	TEI '15 Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	189-196
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Print)	9781450333054
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2677199.2680576
Publication status	Published - 15 Jan 2015

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SPATA: Spatio-tangible tools for fabrication-aware design. / Weichel, Christian; Alexander, Jason; Karnik, Abhijit et al.
TEI '15 Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction. Association for Computing Machinery, 2015. p. 189-196.

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