Processing of 3d printing files
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsSergio Gonzalez, Jordi Gonzalez, Sebastia Cortes
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Abstract
A method is described in which a 3D printing file is processed, the 3D printing file having a header and including a plurality of compressed files. The method comprises reading a content of the header of the 3D printing file, identifying, based on the header content, a relation file among the plurality of compressed files, identifying, based on the relation file, a main 3D model file among the plurality of compressed files. Further the method comprises creating, by uncompressing the main 3D model file, a data stream, and analyzing, with a parser, the data stream, thereby directly processing the main 3D model file when being uncompressed.
Claims15
A method for processing a 3D printing file, the 3D printing file having a header and including a plurality of compressed files, comprising:
- reading a content Of the header of the 3D printing file;
- identifying, based on the header content, a relation file among the plurality of compressed files;
- identifying, based on the relation file, a main 3D model file among the plurality of compressed files;
- creating, by uncompressing the main 3D model file, a data stream;
- and
- analyzing, with a parser, the data stream, thereby directly processing the main 3D model file when being uncompressed.
A 3D printer system, comprising:
- a processor;
- wherein the processor is to process a 3D printing file having a header and including a plurality of compressed files, processing comprises to:
- read the content of the header of the 3D printing file;
- identify, based on the header content, a relation file among the plurality of compressed files;
- identify, based on the relation file, a main 3D model file among the plurality of compressed files;
- create, by uncompressing the main 3D model file, a data stream;
- and
- analyze, with a parser, the data stream, thereby directly processing the main 3D model file when being uncompressed.
A non-transitory computer readable medium for storing a program causing a computer processor to perform a method for processing a 3D printing file, the 3D printing file having a header and including a plurality of compressed files, the non-transitory computer readable medium comprising:
- instructions to read the content of the header of the 3D printing file;
- instructions to identify, based on the header content, a relation file among the plurality of compressed files;
- instructions to identify, based on the relation file, a main 3D model file among the plurality of compressed files;
- instructions to create, by uncompressing the main 3D model file, a data stream;
- and
- instructions for a parser to analyze the data stream, thereby directly processing the main 3D model file when being uncompressed.
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