Providing and training a simulation model of a three-dimensional printer

A computer-implemented method for modelling simulation of a three-dimensional (3D) printer, said method comprising:

• providing a trained simulation deep learning model for a 3D printer for simulating variations in printing parameters and their effect on 3D printer output;
• inputting an input 3D geometry file into the trained simulation model;
• modeling an embedding representation of the input 3D geometry file;
• modeling the printer parameters to output learned embedding;
• concatenating the input embedding and the learned embedding;
• and
• outputting an output 3D geometry file aligned to the input 3D geometry file.

A computer-implemented method for predicting a three-dimensional (3D) printer output, said method comprising:

• obtaining, in response to processing an input 3D geometry file in a simulation model for a 3D printer for simulating variations in printing parameters and their effect on the 3D printer output, an output 3D geometry file of a same file type as the input 3D geometry file and aligned to the input 3D geometry file;
• comparing the input 3D geometry file and the output 3D geometry file from the simulation model to determine differences;
• and
• displaying a representation of the differences to a user.

A trained simulation model for modelling simulation of a three-dimensional (3D) printer, comprising:

• an encoder for receiving an input 3D geometry file into the trained simulation model;
• a first embedding vector component for embedding a representation of the input 3D geometry file;
• a modeling component for receiving printer parameters;
• a second embedding vector component for embedding learned printer parameters;
• a joint embedding vector component for concatenating the input embedding and the learned embedding;
• and
• a decoder for outputting an output 3D geometry file aligned to the input 3D geometry file.

A system for predicting a 3D printer output, comprising:

• a processor and a memory configured to provide computer program instructions to the processor to execute a method of:
• obtaining, in response to processing an input 3D geometry file in a simulation model for a 3D printer for simulating variations in printing parameters and their effect on the 3D printer output, an output 3D geometry file of a same file type as the input 3D geometry file and aligned to the input 3D geometry file;
• comparing the input 3D geometry file and the output 3D geometry file from the simulation model to determine differences;
• and
• displaying a representation of the differences to a user.