3D Fonts for Automation of Design for Manufacturing
AssigneeDassault Systemes
InventorJean-Jacques Grimaud
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Abstract
Customized 3D-printing can provide users with customized products, but need to be verified for quality and durability. In an embodiment, a method for three-dimensional (3D)-printing a customized product includes loading a 3D-font from a database. The 3D font includes multiple character relations. Each character relation connects any two given characters of the 3D font. The method also includes generating a 3D-representation of a customized product based on the 3D-font. The customized product is based on a plurality of characters received from a user. A 3D-font as described herein can provide customized, on-demand, 3D-printed products of a particular threshold of quality and durability.
Claims22
A method for three-dimensional (3D)-printing a customized product, the method comprising:
- loading a 3D-font from a database, wherein the 3D font includes a plurality of character relations, each character relation connecting any two given characters of the 3D font;
- and
- generating a 3D-representation of a customized product based on the 3D-font, the customized product based on a plurality of characters received from a user.
A system for three-dimensional (3D)-printing a customized product, the system comprising:
- a processor coupled with a memory configured to execute instructions including:
- loading a 3D-font from a database in the memory, wherein the 3D font includes a plurality of character relations, each character relation connecting any two given characters of the 3D font;
- and
- generating a 3D-representation of a customized product based on the 3D-font, the customized product based on a plurality of characters received from a user.
A method for creating a three-dimensional (3D)-font, the method comprising:
- creating a 3D-font for a particular material by determining a minimum threshold of the particular material to connect any two given characters based on mechanical characteristics of the particular material.
A system for creating a three-dimensional (3D)-font, the system comprising:
- a font creation module configured to create a 3D-font in a memory for a particular material by determining a minimum threshold of the particular material to connect any two given characters based on mechanical characteristics of the particular material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.