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Converting 3D Furniture Models to Fabricatable Parts and Connectors

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Converting 3D Furniture Models to Fabricatable Parts and Connectors. / Lau, Manfred; Ohgawara, Akira; Mitani, Jun et al.
In: ACM Transactions on Graphics, Vol. 30, No. 4, 85, 07.2011.

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Lau, M, Ohgawara, A, Mitani, J & Igarashi, T 2011, 'Converting 3D Furniture Models to Fabricatable Parts and Connectors', ACM Transactions on Graphics, vol. 30, no. 4, 85. https://doi.org/10.1145/1964921.1964980

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Lau, M., Ohgawara, A., Mitani, J., & Igarashi, T. (2011). Converting 3D Furniture Models to Fabricatable Parts and Connectors. ACM Transactions on Graphics, 30(4), Article 85. https://doi.org/10.1145/1964921.1964980

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Lau M, Ohgawara A, Mitani J, Igarashi T. Converting 3D Furniture Models to Fabricatable Parts and Connectors. ACM Transactions on Graphics. 2011 Jul;30(4):85. doi: 10.1145/1964921.1964980

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Lau, Manfred ; Ohgawara, Akira ; Mitani, Jun et al. / Converting 3D Furniture Models to Fabricatable Parts and Connectors. In: ACM Transactions on Graphics. 2011 ; Vol. 30, No. 4.

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