Methods and apparatus for sensor-assisted part development in additive manufacturing

A method for voxelized reference generation, comprising:

• translating at least one user-defined material property selection into a desired process observable, the desired process observable including a meltpool property;
• performing voxel-based autozoning of an input part geometry, the input part geometry based on a computer-generated design;
• and
• outputting a voxelized reference map for the input part geometry based on the desired process observable and the voxel-based autozoning.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a processor to at least:

• translate at least one user-defined material property selection into a desired process observable, the desired process observable including a meltpool property;
• perform voxel-based autozoning of an input part geometry, the input part geometry based on a computer-generated design;
• and
• output a voxelized reference map for the input part geometry based on the desired process observable and the voxel-based autozoning.