Creative Reverse Engineering: From remote sensuality to haptic metrology

Our on-going experimentation in close-range Photogrammetry has overcome common challenges to generate accurate, high-resolution 3D models using a single DSLR camera and innovative approaches and computer-coded devices. More recent investigations across disciplines sought to bridge the gap between traditional creative skills and modes of visualisation, and what can be made possible through digital means. Working as artists and designers alongside museums and historians, we have developed new photogrammetry equipment and approaches to help overcome the complex fluid geometry, shadowy occlusions and delicate lamina edges of challenging monochromatic garments. The resulting 3D models have allowed the rapid extraction of faithful seams and surfaces direct from the processed ‘mesh’ and into CAD modelling environments for the production of new designs, patterns and production tooling. Current collaborations seek to apply these developments to the capture, visualisation and reverse engineering of iconic garments and museum artefacts, alongside the ‘remote sensing’ of traditional pattern cutters whose eyes, minds and hands are the equivalent of the digital approaches explored in our paper. The second phase sought to unpick some of the familiar structures of object- and asset creation in and for Virtual and Augmented Reality. Experimenting with equipment, methods and processing techniques allowed us to explore the potential of 3D visualisations and readily available tools within Virtual and Augmented Reality for garment design and other forms of object-based creative ideation, sketching and prototyping. In the next stages of our on-going research we explored a more haptic form of CAD-enabled modelling and metrology, aiming to bring these approaches within the reach of a wider range of creative users: enabling artists, designers and makers to move more seamlessly between digital tools and virtual environments, and actual things in real time and space.

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Naomi Dines

Dom Biddulph

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Publication date: July 2019

Publication date (Print): July 2019

Pages: 45-52

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[0001]Central Saint Martins

University of the Arts London, UK

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DOI: 10.14236/ewic/EVA2019.7

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Conference name: Proceedings of EVA London 2019

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Conference location: London, UK

Conference date: 8 - 11 July 2019

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

Conference theme: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts

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[1] S. AshdownA. Vuruskan 2017 From 3D Scans to Haptic Models: Apparel Design with Half Scale Dress Forms 8th International Conference and Exhibition on 3D Body Scanning and Processing Technologies Montreal, Canada 11-12 October 2017

[2] V. Buchli 2002 The Material Culture Reader Oxford Berg

[3] L. BakerJ. Wollaston 2016 Some Like it Hot’ Lethaby Gallery London, UK

[4] H. Chalayan 2018 Shell, Nio Extreme Collection Shanghai Fashion Week October 2018 https://www.dezeen.com/2018/11/16/nio-clothing-hussein-chalayan-fashion-extreme-speed/ retrieved 10 January 2019 )

[5] P. Delamore 2015 Delivering Realtime 3D Luxury Fashion CGE Seminar Goldsmiths College London, UK 26 March 2015

[6] N. Dines 2017 Prototype single-camera close range photogrammetry rig and 3D coded targets 11 January 2016 Tate Modern London, UK

[7] N. Dines 2017 Semi automated, focus bracketed, single camera, motion controlled close range photogrammetry rig Annihilation Event 22 March 2017 Lethaby Gallery London, UK

[8] N. Dines 2017 Precious, Tiny and Shiny: Close range photogrammetry for artists and others Electronic Visualisation and the Arts 2017

[9] N. Dines 2017 Forensic Capture – Digital Found Objects Entre capture et production Laboratoire de Recherche CCE – ENSA Limoges France 2022 November 2017

[10] C. EvansA. O’Neill 2018–2020 Exploding Fashion Central Saint Martins London, UK https://gtr.ukri.org/proiects?ref=AH/P009085/1 retrieved 10 January 2019 )

[11] Fologram 2018 https://fologram.com/docs/articles/360009831214 retrieved 7 February 2018 )

[12] P. Hill 2018 CAD designs for Additive Manufacture of garments in SLS Nylon for Hussein Chalayan London College of Fashion London, UK

[13] L. Leslie 2018 Exploding Fashion http://explodingfashion.arts.ac.uk/?p=745#more-745 retrieved 25 October 2018 )

[14] H. MallisonO. Wings 2014 Photogrammetry in paleontology - a practical guide Journal of Paleontological Techniques 12 1 31

[15] Open Computer Vision 2018 Detection of Aruco Markers https://docs.opencv.org/3.1.0/d5/dae/tutorial_aruco_detection.html retrieved 7 February 2018 )

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