Direct and immediate drawing with CNC machines
Jingyi Jessica Li, Jennifer Jacobs, Michelle C. Y. Chang, Björn Hartmann · 2017
We investigate how the immediate control of computer numerical control (CNC) machines can narrow the design-fabrication gap and combine manual art practice with digital fabrication. LINC (Live Interactive Numeric Control) is a sketch-based digital design tool for authoring 2D or 3D artworks in near-real time. To use LINC, users draw strokes which are then executed in one of three modes---static, manual, or as soon as possible---by either a large-scale or desktop-sized modified CNC router. We evaluate LINC through a study with eight artists.