Producing instructions that control three-dimensional printing from voxels
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsNing GE, Jun ZENG, Steven J. SIMSKE
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Abstract
In some examples, a data representation is received that includes voxels relating to a volumetric property and a functional property of portions of a three-dimensional (3D) object to be formed by a 3D printing system, and trajectory voxels containing information to guide operation of a machine that manipulates portions of the 3D object during 3D printing. Information of the voxels relating to the volumetric property and the functional property and the information of the trajectory voxels are combined to produce instructions that control the 3D printing system to build the 3D object.
Claims15
A method of a system comprising a processor, comprising:
- receiving a data representation that comprises:
- voxels relating to a volumetric property and a functional property of portions of a three-dimensional (3D) object to be formed by a 3D printing system, and
- trajectory voxels containing information to guide operation of a machine that manipulates portions of the 3D object during 3D printing;
- and
- combining information of the voxels relating to the volumetric property and the functional property and the information of the trajectory voxels to produce instructions that control the 3D printing system to build the 3D object.
A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium storing machine-readable instructions that upon execution cause a system to:
- receive voxels relating to a volumetric property and a functional property of portions of a three-dimensional (3D) object to be formed by a 3D printing system, and trajectory voxels containing information to guide operation of a machine in physically manipulating, along trajectories, portions of the 3D object during 3D printing;
- and
- produce, in response to the voxels relating to the volumetric property and the functional property and the trajectory voxels, instructions that control the 3D printing system to build the 3D object.
A three-dimensional (3D) printing system comprising:
- a printer to form build material layers to build a 3D object;
- and
- a controller to:
- receive content representing the 3D object,
- create, based on the content, voxels relating to a volumetric property and a functional property of portions of the 3D object to be formed by the 3D printing system,
- create, based on the content, trajectory voxels containing information to guide operation of a robot that manipulates portions of the 3D object during 3D printing, and
- produce instructions that control the 3D printing system to build the 3D object, the instructions based on combining information of the voxels relating to the volumetric property and the functional property and the information of the trajectory voxels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.