3D printing data generating method and electronic device using the same

A three-dimensional(3D) printing data generating method, suitable for an electronic device coupled to a 3D printing device to generate a plurality of print head signal data according to a plurality of original vector layers corresponding to a plurality of cross-sections of a 3D structure, the method comprising:

• converting, using a processor executing a converting program stored in a memory of the electronic device, the original vector layers into a plurality of printing image layers, wherein the original vector layers are respectively corresponding to the cross-sections of the 3D structure, and the original vector layers are image data in a scalable vector graphic format;
• identifying, using the processor executing an identifying program stored in the memory, at least one data region of each of the printing image layers, identifying at least one first blank region of each of the printing image layers in a first direction and identifying at least one second blank region of each of the printing image layers in a second direction according to the identified at least one data region of each of the printing image layers, wherein the first direction is perpendicular to the second direction, wherein the at least one data region has a plurality of substantive printing portions formed by a plurality of substantive printing points, and the at least one first blank region and the at least one second blank region have no substantive printing point;
• obtaining, using the processor executing a trimming program stored in the memory, a plurality of trimmed printing image layers by trimming off the at least one first blank region and the at least one second blank region from each of the printing image layers, wherein each of the trimmed printing image layers only have the at least one data region;
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• generating, using the processor executing the converting program stored in the memory, the print head signal data by the trimmed printing image layers,
• wherein the print head signal data of the trimmed printing image layers is readable by the 3D printing device, and the print head signal data of the trimmed printing image layers is provided to the 3D printing device,
• wherein the 3D printing device forms a plurality of physical layers in shapes corresponding to the cross-sections of the 3D structure one by one according to the print head signal data of the trimmed printing image layers, so as to 3D-print the whole 3D structure by all the formed physical layers without physically trimming the formed physical layers,
• wherein the size of the trimmed printing image layers is smaller than the size of the printing image layers, and the size of the print head signal data generated by the trimmed first printing image layer is smaller than another print head signal data generated by the printing image layers not being trimmed off, such that the time used for generating the print head signal data of the trimmed printing image layers and the space required for storing the print head signal data of the trimmed printing image layers are decreased.