Ovenbird: Concrete and Multi-Material 3D Printing
Ovenbird is a free Grasshopper plug-in that generates, analyzes, and optimizes 3D printing toolpaths for concrete and other large-format materials with the extended functionality of gradient multi-material printing.
Key features
Embedded examples
Non-parallel slicing
Continuous printing
Agile visualization
Buildability analysis
Buildability optimization
Surface quality optimization
Surface-toolpath twins
Gradient multi-material printing
Selected projects powered by Ovenbird
European cultural centre exhibition
3D-printed, post-tensioned concrete canopy
3D-printed Erwin Hauer
Gradient multi-material printing
Integrated and tailored thermal insulation
Multi-filament tension-compression structures
Team
Yefan Zhi
Hua Chai
Teng Teng
Masoud Akbarzadeh
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