Pensa's software then translates the image/commands into motor functions to automatically start creating the object. To create a wire construction, the machine needs to be fed either a vector file of the image or a text file with clear commands for manipulating the wire ("bend 90° right," "turn 60° left," etc.). The idea was to create a similar device that could make smaller wire structures to visualize prototypes and initial designs. Pensa based the DIWire machine on much larger wire-bending machines that already exist, but are used mostly in factories for mass production. ![]() That's why New York-based design consultancy, Pensa, has built the DIWire Bender, a machine that follows vector diagrams to bend and shape pieces of wire into elaborate structures. But what if you're more interested in building a 3D object from something a little less voluminous like, say, a simple line drawing? The materials used to create most 3D printed object unfortunately aren't sturdy enough to recreate objects that thin. ![]() Thanks to the popularity of 3D printers like the Replicator and the Cube, there are plenty of devices out there for crafting almost any solid object from just a design.
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