Data generating method for 3d printing, method for printing a 3d object, and system for processing 3d printing data
AssigneesXYZprinting, Inc., Kinpo Electronics, Inc., Cal-Comp Electronics & Communications Company Limited
InventorsYu-Chuan Chang, Meng-Gung LI
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Abstract
A data generating method is implemented by a computing system for three-dimensional (3D) printing, and includes the steps of receiving a 3D graphic file and a printing profile containing printing parameters associated with 3D printing for the 3D graphic file; recording a correspondence between the 3D graphic file and the printing profile; and combining the 3D graphic file and the printing profile according to the recorded correspondence to generate a printing data file.
Claims18
A data generating method for three-dimensional (3D) printing, said data generating method to be implemented by a computing system, and comprising the steps of:
- (A) receiving, by the computing system, a 3D graphic file and a printing profile that is associated with 3D printing for the 3D graphic file;
- (B) recording, by the computing system, a correspondence between the 3D graphic file and the printing profile that are received in step (A);
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- (C) combining, by the computing system, the 3D graphic file and the printing profile according to the correspondence recorded in step (B) to generate a printing data file.
A method for printing a three-dimensional (3D) object, said method to be implemented by an electronic device coupled to a 3D printing device, and comprising:
- (A) loading, by the electronic device, a printing data file that contains a 3D graphic file portion and a printing profile portion that is associated with 3D printing for the 3D graphic file portion;
- (B) slicing, by the electronic device, the 3D graphic file portion according to the printing profile portion to generate a slicing result, and generating a control command according to the slicing result;
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- (C) driving, by the electronic device, the 3D printing device according to the control command to form the 3D object.
A data processing system for processing three-dimensional (3D) printing data, said data processing system comprising:
- a storage unit configured to store a 3D graphic file and a printing profile that is associated with 3D printing for the 3D graphic file, and to record a correspondence between the 3D graphic file and the printing profile;
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- a processor configured to combine the 3D graphic file and the printing profile according to the correspondence stored in said storage unit to generate a printing data file.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.