On the Rigid-Ruling Folding of Curved Creases: Conjugate-Net Preserving Isometric Deformations of Semi-Discrete Globally Developable Conjugate-Nets

Abstract: In this paper, we investigate rigid-ruling folding motions of crease-rule patterns, that is, conjugacy-preserving isometries of developable semi-discrete conjugate nets. We derive two conditions for the rigid-ruling foldability of pairs of curves and consider two applications. First, we introduce computations that enable the sequential construction of rigid-ruling foldable crease-rule patterns. Second, we examine combinations of planar and constant fold-angle creases. In particular, we show that constant fold-angle creases are only compatible with other constant fold-angle creases, and we provide a characterization of rigid-ruling foldable combinations of planar and constant fold-angle creases.