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The work presents a room-scale, user-adjustable “shape-aware” mesh for low-fidelity prototyping, where users sculpt by lengthening and shortening edges. Resistive length sensors capture edge configurations and send them to a central computer for geometry reconstruction, linking hand-made prototypes to computational design pipelines. The resulting digitized shapes support downstream computer-controlled manufacturing.","arXiv :2607 .08736v 1 [ cs .HC] 9 Jul 2026  \nSculptable Mesh Structures for Room-Scale Form-Finding  \nJesse T. Gonzalez  \n[jtgonzal@cs.cmu.edu](jtgonzal@cs.cmu.edu)[ ](jtgonzal@cs.cmu.edu)Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, USA  \nSapna Tayal  \n[sapnat@andrew.cmu.edu](sapnat@andrew.cmu.edu)[ ](sapnat@andrew.cmu.edu)Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, USA  \nYanzhen Zhang  \n[18388402982@163.com](18388402982@163.com)[ ](18388402982@163.com)Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, USA  \nNazm Furniturewala  \n[nfurnitu@andrew.cmu.edu](nfurnitu@andrew.cmu.edu)[ ](nfurnitu@andrew.cmu.edu)Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, USA  \nDian Zhu  \n[dianz@andrew.cmu.edu](dianz@andrew.cmu.edu)[ ](dianz@andrew.cmu.edu)Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, USA  \nZiying Qi  \n[ziyingq@andrew.cmu.edu](ziyingq@andrew.cmu.edu)[ ](ziyingq@andrew.cmu.edu)Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, USA  \nAlice Yu  \n[xinranyu@andrew.cmu.edu](xinranyu@andrew.cmu.edu)[ ](xinranyu@andrew.cmu.edu)Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, USA  \nSomin Ella Moon  \n[sominm@andrew.cmu.edu](sominm@andrew.cmu.edu)[ ](sominm@andrew.cmu.edu)Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, USA  \nLeyi Han  \n[leyih@andrew.cmu.edu](leyih@andrew.cmu.edu)[ ](leyih@andrew.cmu.edu)Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, USA  \nAlexandra Ion  \n[alexandraion@cmu.edu](alexandraion@cmu.edu)[ ](alexandraion@cmu.edu)Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, USA  \nScott E. Hudson  \n[scott.hudson@cs.cmu.edu](scott.hudson@cs.cmu.edu)[ ](scott.hudson@cs.cmu.edu)Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, USA  \nFigure 1: A large-scale mesh structure (a) composed of user-adjustable, flexible beams. A person can manipulate the structure by hand in order to sculpt the mesh into different forms. Each mesh edge is equipped with a length sensor (b-d), and the modules can transmit their configuration to an external computer, where the geometry can be reconstructed (e-f). The now-digitized geometry can serve as input to computer-controlled manufacturing processes, resulting in permanent, room-scale installations that have been \"sculpted\" by non-CAD users (g).  \nAbstract  \nIt can be hard to design a physical structure entirely within the confines of a computer monitor. To better capture the interplay between real-world objects and a designer’s work-in-progress, practitioners will often go through a sequence of low-fidelity prototypes  \nThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4 .0 International License.  \nUIST ’25, Busan, Republic of Korea  \n© 2025 Copyright held by the owner/author(s) .  \nACM ISBN 979-8-4007-2037-6/2025/09  \n[https://doi.org/10.1145/3746059.3747771](https://doi.org/10.1145/3746059.3747771)  \n(paper, clay, foam) before arriving at a form that satisfies both functional and aesthetic concerns. While necessary, this model-making process can be quite time-consuming, particularly at larger scales, and the resulting geometry can be difficult to translate into a CAD environment, where it will be further refined.  \nThis paper introduces a user-adjustable, room-scale, \"shapeaware\" mesh structure for low-fidelity prototyping. A user physically manipulates the mesh by lengthening and shortening the edges, altering the overall curvature and sculpting coarse forms. The edges are equipped with resistive length sensors, and transmit their configuration to a central computer. The structure can later  \nbe reproduced in software, connecting this prototyping stage to the larger computational design pipeline.  \nCCS Concepts  \n• Human-centered computing → Human computer interaction (HCI) .  \nKeywords  \nDigital Twin, Tangible Interface, Reconfigurable Architecture  \nACM Reference Format:  \nJesse T. Gonzalez, Yanzhen Zhang, Dian Zhu, Alice Yu, Sapna Tayal, Nazm Furniturewala, Ziying Qi, Somin Ella Moon, Leyi Han, Alexandra Ion, and Scott E. Hudson. 2025. Sculptable Mesh Structures for Room-Scale FormFinding. 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