HARDWARE
Pins function as M-Form’s hardware similar to pin art toys, where a physical object is inserted on one side and shown as a height field representation on the other.
Mold Reconfiguration
M-Form technology is a two-part system consisting of both software and hardware components. Parametric software is used to analyze and translate 3D modeled surfaces into numeric data that can control the positioning of actuating pins much like a pin art toy.
The difference with M-Form is that the height field is attached to a flexible membrane with the intent of forming a high resolution mold surface to cast against. Its shape is then governed by numeric information from the software where height is reinterpreted as steps for stepper motor actuation, thereby allowing it to reconfigure into infinite shapes without the need to use any new stock material.
