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C-Tubes: Design and Optimization of Tubular Structures Composed of Developable Strips

Vidulis, Michele  
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Mundilova, Klara
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Becker, Quentin  
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August 2025
ACM Transactions on Graphics

We introduce C-tubes, 3D tubular structures composed of developable surface strips. C-tubes can be understood as a generalization of Monge surfaces---a special class of sweep surfaces---towards the recently introduced cone-nets. This observation allows formulating a constructive algorithm to create tubular structures that ensures developability of the constituent surfaces, while significantly broadening the design space. Our novel form-finding tool enables design exploration by solving for the input variables of the constructive algorithm so that the C-tube best conforms to user-specified objectives. We discuss several case studies that illustrate the versatility of our approach for the design and fabrication of complex structures, with applications in architecture, furniture, and lighting design.

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research article
DOI
10.1145/3730933
Author(s)
Vidulis, Michele  

EPFL

Mundilova, Klara

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Becker, Quentin  

EPFL

Pauly, Mark  

EPFL

Isvoranu, Florin  

EPFL

Date Issued

2025-08

Published in
ACM Transactions on Graphics
Volume

44

Issue

4

Article Number

[Forthcoming publication]

Subjects

Computer-aided design

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Optimization

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Cone nets

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Computational fabrication

URL

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https://go.epfl.ch/c-tubes
Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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EPFL

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GCM  
FunderFunding(s)Grant NumberGrant URL

Swiss National Science Foundation

200021-231293

Swiss National Science Foundation

200021_188582

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