Meta Materials: Exploring the Future of Design with Spherene

In my recent explorations with Rhino3d, I've been testing an exciting new plugin called Spherene. This innovative tool allows you to transform any mesh geometry into an ADMS (Advanced Design and Manufacturing System) structure, which is fully printable on any 3D printer. Unlike typical gyroid structures, Spherene stands out for its printability, structural integrity, and ease of configuration, enabling designers to craft materials with specific properties.

Key Features of Spherene Structures:

• Isotropy: Ensures optimal stress dispersion across the material.

• Redundancy: Offers high failure tolerance, making it robust and reliable.

• Effective Material Usage: Minimizes wasted energy and enhances thermal dissipation.

• Surface Conformity: The only surface conformal minimal surface in the industry.

• Organic Grading: Allows control over volume fraction and thickness for tailored designs.

• Flexible, Modular Design: Features simple, point-based field control and supports big data mapping via scripting, enabling autonomous metamaterial forms.

Below is an example of a pendant design I've been developing. The base geometry starts as a torus shape, then transforms into a complex structure using Spherene.

Closeup of pendant sketch

The future holds exciting possibilities with Spherene. By integrating specific parameters such as connection points, stress distribution, and porosity, we can design structures that perform specific functions. This transformation from mere material to metamaterial opens up new realms of creativity and functionality for designers.

Stay tuned as I continue to explore and share more about these groundbreaking developments in computational design and metamaterials. For more information, visit Spherene.