Systems and methods for producing manufacturing molds for metal casting

A system for creating a plurality of molds for one or more cast memorialization products, the system comprising:

• a processing device;
• a computer readable medium operably connected to the processing device, the computer readable medium comprising one or more instructions that, when executed, cause the processing device to:
• generate a three-dimensional (3D) model for each of one or more product designs, wherein each product design includes customized features for a memorialization product,
• generate a mold design for each product design based upon the 3D model of the product design,
• generate printing instructions for creating a plurality of mold portions rising the mold design for each product design, and
• optimize the printing instructions for the plurality of mold portions according to a nesting strategy, thereby generating nested printing instructions;
• and
• a manufacturing device operably connected to the processing device and configured to:
• access the nested printing instructions from the processing device, and
• create the plurality of mold portions for casting each memorialization product according to the nested printing instructions.