Pfister, HanspeterBaecher, Moritz Niklaus2013-10-182013-10-182013Baecher, Moritz Niklaus. 2013. From Digital to Physical: Computational Aspects of 3D Manufacturing. Doctoral dissertation, Harvard University.http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:11149http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:11181233The desktop publishing revolution of the 1980s is currently repeating itself in 3D, referred to as desktop manufacturing. Online services such as Shapeways have become available, making personalized manufacturing on cutting edge additive manufacturing (AM) technologies accessible to a broad audience. Affordable desktop printers will soon take over, enabling people to fabricateen-USComputer science3D printingadditive manufacturinganimationarticulated modelscomputer graphicsmedial axis transformThesis or Dissertation2015-10-10