Autozoning of additive manufacturing print parameters

A system comprising:

• at least one memory;
• instructions in the system;
• and
• one or more processors to execute the instructions to:
• determine a representation of a model of a part as a plurality of discrete three-dimensional (3D) volume elements, the part including a plurality of regions;
• determine a material property value to assign to each of the plurality of 3D volume elements, wherein the material property values assigned to the plurality of 3D volume elements are classified into a predetermined number of bins that correspond to a plurality of different additive manufacturing (AM) print parameter sets;
• generate a plurality of transfer functions to determine relationships between the material property values assigned to the plurality of 3D volume elements and a plurality of desired AM print parameter sets;
• automatically determine based on the plurality of transfer functions, an assignment of one of the plurality of different AM print parameter sets to each of the plurality of 3D volume elements;
• and
• validate the determined assignments of the plurality of different AM print parameter sets for the plurality of 3D volume elements based on the plurality of transfer functions.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium to store instructions that, when executed by a computer processor, cause the computer processor to:

• determine a representation of a model of a part as a plurality of discrete three-dimensional (3D) volume elements, the part including a plurality of regions;
• determine a material property value to assign to each of the plurality of 3D volume elements, wherein the material property values assigned to the plurality of 3D volume elements are classified into a predetermined number of bins that correspond to a plurality of different additive manufacturing (AM) print parameter sets;
• generate a plurality of transfer functions to determine relationships between the material property values assigned to the plurality of 3D volume elements and a plurality of desired AM print parameter sets;
• automatically determine based on the plurality of transfer functions, an assignment of one of the plurality of different AM print parameter sets to each of the plurality of 3D volume elements;
• and
• validate the determined assignments of the plurality of different AM print parameter sets for the plurality of 3D volume elements based on the plurality of transfer functions.