Evaluation of the durability of 3D printed keys produced by computational processing of image data

摘要

Possession of a working 3D printed key can, for most practical purposes, convince observers that an illicit attempt to gain premises access is authorized. This paper seeks to assess three things. First, work has been performed to determine how easily the data for making models of keys can be obtained through manual measurement. It then presents work done to create a model of the key and determine how easy key modeling could be (particularly after a first key of a given key 'blank' has been made). Finally, it seeks to assess the durability of the keys produced using 3D printing.