What is CoilCAM? #

A javascript version of the coilCAM system for clay 3D printing, enabling the use of mathematically-defined toolpaths in the generation of parametric forms and surface textures for 3D-printing ceramics. This web tool, originally developed as a visual scripting plug-in for Grasshopper, is developed by the Expressive Computation Lab at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Getting Started #

The about page provides a starting point for building forms with CoilCAM, including a basic video tutorial.

The tutorial page demonstrates the effects of different CoilCAM functions using in-browser visualizations.

The documentation page provides a list of CoilCAM functions, with in-browser examples for each one.

The quickstart page demonstrates how to navigate the web editor and Dynamic Toolchains.

The examples page has several example forms created with CoilCAM.