Real Form Creation of Mathematical Functions Via Software and 3D Printers

• Main Authors: Norman Mario Pasaribu, 潘諾曼
• Other Authors: Huang-Nan Huang
• Format: Others
• Language: en_US
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/77095803437114000823

碩士 === 東海大學 === 應用數學系 === 104 === This thesis studies on the processing of using 3D printers to generate the real 3D solid object corresponding to a given mathematical function. First of all, the surface object of the mathematical function should be generated by using commercial mathematical software like Mathematica, Maple, Matlab, or free mathematical modeling software such as MathMod, K3DSurf etc. Later on the object file is sent to the free software Blender or Netfabb for adding the thickness to the surface with output as a STL file. Finally, the specified 3D printer’s software reads in the STL file and drives the 3D printer to form the solid object. The possible difficulties during this procedure and efficiency comparison between mathematical software in generating the surface object are also clarified such that the interested person can get in very quickly. Keywords: Geometry, 3D modeling, mathematical functions, STL file format, solid object