Visualization of large-size model based on paper-based 3D printing

Abstract

In order to solve printing size limitation issue in the paper-based 3D printing industrialization in the culture creative field, using printing time index, a fast visualization based on cutting angle and composition was proposed for large-size 3D model color printing. Using four categories of simplified 3D models, given the centroid as the symmetrical center, the quantitative relationship between printing time and variable parameters including cutting angle, scale value, and cutting parts composition were analyzed and compared clearly. According to our results, for four models with the different structures in each type, the printing time is mostly increasing linear along with scale value. Whether the composition of cutting face is same or opposite in vertical plane, the printing time of white model with 0.3 scale size is also increasing with linear trend, however, it is not obvious in horizontal plane.