Method for optimizing parameters characteristic of an object developed in a rapid prototyping system
AssigneeStratasys, Inc.
InventorJohn S. Batchelder
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Abstract
A method suitable for optimizing parameters characteristic of a preselected portion of an object developed in a rapid prototyping system. The method comprises the steps of identifying an object characteristic space comprising at least one dimension, the or each dimension defining a continuum for one object parameter; and, selecting a predetermined subset of said object characteristic space comprising desired optimal characteristics of the preselected portion of the object.
Claims10
A method suitable for optimizing parameters which are characteristic of a preselected portion of an object comprising composites of different homogenous materials developed in a material extrusion system, which method comprises the steps of:
- (1) identifying an object characteristic space comprising at least one dimension, the or each dimension defining a continuum represented by gradations of a single measurable property for one object parameter;
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- (2) selecting a predetermined subset of said object characteristic space comprising desired optimal characteristics of the preselected portion of the object;
- so that when an object is fabricated by extrusion, it comprises the desired optimal characteristics.
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