Transforming object data models to disperse object properties
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsMatthew A SHEPHERD, Jake WRIGHT, Hector Jose LEBRON, Vanessa VERZWYVELT, Morgan T SCHRAMM
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Abstract
In an example a method includes identifying, by a processor, in a data model of at least a portion of a three-dimensional object, an object property associated with a location in the three-dimensional object. A data model of a virtual build volume comprising at least a portion of the three-dimensional object may be generated in which an association with an object property is dispersed beyond the location.
Claims15
A method comprising:
- identifying, by a processor, in a data model of at least a portion of a three-dimensional object, an object property associated with a location in the three-dimensional object;
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- generating, by a processor, a data model of a virtual build volume comprising at least a portion of the three-dimensional object in which an association with an object property is dispersed beyond the location.
An apparatus comprising processing circuitry, the processing circuitry comprising:
- an object model inspection module to identify an object property associated with a location in an object represented in an object model;
- and
- a voxelisation module to generate a representation of a build volume comprising at least a portion of the object as a plurality of discrete voxels, wherein the voxelisation module is to selectively associate the object property with a voxel based on a relative position of the voxel and the location.
A machine readable medium comprising instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
- determine a voxel representation of a build volume comprising at least a portion of an object from a model defining at least a portion of the object and at least one property of the object at a location,
- assign at least one object property to each of a plurality of voxels within a predetermined distance of the location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.