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AssigneeDisney Enterprises, Inc.
InventorsBERND BICKEL, CHRISTIAN SCHUMACHER, STEVE MARSCHNER
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A 3D printer system that allows a 3D object to be printed such that each portion or object element is constructed or designed to have a user-defined or user-selected material parameter such as varying elastic deformation. The 3D printer system stores a library of microstructures or cells that are each defined and designed to provide the desired material parameter and that can be combined during 3D printing to provide a portion or element of a printed 3D object having the material parameter. For example, a toy or figurine is printed using differing microstructures in its arms than its body to allow the arms to have a first elasticity (or softness) that differs from that of the body that is printed with microstructures providing a second elasticity. The use of microstructures allows the 3D printer system to operate to alter the effective deformation behavior of 3D objects printed using single-material.
A system for fabricating a physical three dimensional (3D ) object, comprising:
The system of 4, wherein the 3D print assembly comprises a fused filament fabrication (FFF) printer and the material supply comprises a spool of plastic filament.
A method for forming a 3D object, comprising:
A 3D printer, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.