Method for creating 3d data for 3d printer, method for creating shaped article, 3d data for 3d printer, and shaped article
AssigneeEpoch Company, Ltd.
InventorKoichi NISHINO
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Abstract
A method for creating 3D data for a 3D printer executed by a computer is provided. The method includes preparing 3D shape data of a molded article to be molded by injection molding or extrusion molding; executing, with respect to the prepared 3D shape data, flow analysis for obtaining a flow direction from an injection portion of a molten resin toward a flow front during molding in a mold for molding the molded article; attaching a texture of a marble pattern to the 3D shape data such that an extension direction of the marble pattern is located along the flow direction obtained by the flow analysis; and creating 3D data of the 3D shape data in which the a texture of a marble pattern is attached.
Claims4
A method for creating 3D data for a 3D printer executed by a computer, the method comprising:
- preparing 3D shape data of a molded article to be molded by injection molding or extrusion molding;
- executing, with respect to the prepared 3D shape data, flow analysis for obtaining a flow direction from an injection portion of a molten resin toward a flow front during molding in a mold for molding the molded article;
- attaching a texture of a marble pattern to the 3D shape data such that an extension direction of the marble pattern is located along the flow direction obtained by the flow analysis;
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- creating 3D data of the 3D shape data in which the a texture of a marble pattern is attached.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing 3D data for a 3D printer to be processed by a computer, the 3D data comprising:
- 3D shape data of a molded article to be molded by injection molding or extrusion molding;
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- a texture of a marble pattern attached to the 3D shape data such that an extension direction of the marble pattern is located along a flow direction from an injection portion of a molten resin toward a flow front during molding in a mold for molding the molded article.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.