Sketch Arm, Custom Closets Rapid Prototyping System

Abstract We introduce Sketch Arm, a brand new tool for custom closets rapid prototyping that allows end users to sketch a completely customized design proposal regardless of their technological training. Supported in current multi-touch hardware technology, the application is conceived as a highly interactive system, and it can also assist the user with the prototype creation tasks by autonomously generating desirable layouts. Incorporating a simulated annealing algorithm enables this automatic generation of layouts by optimizing the closet inner space. Throughout this paper, we present the main features and capabilities of Sketch Arm. We demonstrate that our system is able to synthesize suitable closet layouts, creating several design proposals for different user profiles.