Modeled object data-generating device, modeled object data-generating program, and modeled object

A modeled object data-generating device for generating modeled object data representing a three-dimensional shape of a modeled object, the modeled object being created using a 3D printer by accumulating layer-shaped three-dimensional objects in a vertical direction, each of the layer-shaped three-dimensional objects including a horizontal surface, the modeled object being created with a body supported by a plurality of pillar-shaped supports, the modeled object data-generating device comprising:

• a storage to store data of the body and data of the supports representing three-dimensional shapes of the body and the supports, respectively;
• a layout determiner to determine, based on the data of the body and operation information input from an input device, a layout in a building area of the 3D printer, the layout including a position and an orientation of the body supported by the supports;
• a display controller to cause a display to display an image of the body with the layout determined by the layout determiner;
• a support arrangement determiner to determine, on a surface of the body in the layout determined by the layout determiner, build positions to create the supports;
• and
• a modeled object data generator to generate the modeled object data based on the data of the supports, the data of the body, the layout determined by the layout determiner, and the build positions to create the supports determined by the support arrangement determiner, the modeled object data representing the modeled object to be created by the 3D printer;
• wherein
• at least one of the build positions to create the supports is determined by the support arrangement determiner at a locally highest point of a protuberance that is a part of the body and protrudes to a direction opposite to a direction in which the layer-shaped three-dimensional objects are accumulated in the layout determined by the layout determiner;
• the display controller enables the display to display the at least one of the build positions to create the supports so that the at least one of the build positions to create the supports determined by the support arrangement determiner is able to be recognized on the image of the body;
• the modeled object data-generating device further comprises a support detector to detect, based on the modeled object data generated by the modeled object data generator and the build positions to create the supports determined by the support arrangement determiner, whether one of the supports is present at one of the build positions;
• and
• if none of the supports is present at one of the build positions, the image of the body is displayed on the display with the one of the build positions without the one of the supports being recognizable.