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Assignee3D Systems, Inc.
InventorsDavid E. Snead, Dennis R. Smalley, Adam L. Cohen, Joseph W. Allison, Thomas J. Vorgitch, Thomas P. Chen
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A method of and apparatus for slicing a three-dimensional object representation into a plurality of layer representations is described, wherein the layer representations are subsequently used to form the object layer-by-layer according to the principles of stereolithography. If not already provided in the object representation, a plurality of layer boundary representations are first formed, and then the boolean difference of successive layer boundary representations are computed to derive boundaries of up and down-facing regions, enabling different cure parameters to be specified for these different regions.
A method for forming a desired layer representation of a three-dimensional object from initial layer representations of the three-dimensional object, for use in forming the object on a layer-by-layer basis, comprising:
A method for forming a desired layer representation of a three-dimensional object from initial layer representations of the three-dimensional object, for use in forming the object on a layer-by-layer basis, comprising:
An apparatus for forming a desired layer representation of a three-dimensional object from initial layer representations of the three-dimensional object, for use in forming the object on a layer-by-layer basis, comprising:
An apparatus for forming a desired layer representation of a three-dimensional object from initial layer representations of the three-dimensional object, for use in forming the object on a layer-by-layer basis, comprising:
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