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US 9,802,364 B2Granted
Systems and methods for construction of an instruction set for three-dimensional printing of a user-customizableimage of a three-dimensional structure
Assignee3D Systems, Inc.
InventorMark Edward Danks
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Abstract
Systems and methods for construction of an instruction set for three-dimensional printing of a user-customizable image of a three-dimensional structure are provided. Methods can include receiving user input for customizing an image of a three-dimensional structure, control circuitry constructing an instruction set for the customized image of the three-dimensional structure, and control circuitry rendering the instruction set into a printable file usable by a three-dimensional printer.
Claims18
A method comprising:
- receiving user input data via a user interface device for customizing an image of a three dimensional structure displayed on the user interface device,
- wherein receiving the user input data for customizing the image of the three-dimensional structure includes receiving locations for placing objects on the image of the three-dimensional structure, the customized image of the three-dimensional structure being composed of core geometry;
- control circuitry constructing an instruction set for the customized image of the three dimensional structure, and recreating the customized image of the three-dimensional structure for display on the user interface device using the instruction set, as the user input data is received via the user interface device, the instruction set for the customized image including a hierarchical skeleton of the three-dimensional structure, and a list of the core geometry of which the customized image of the three-dimensional structure is composed, and excluding the core geometry;
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- control circuitry rendering the instruction set into a printable file having a computer-aided design (CAD) file format usable by a three-dimensional printer, rendering of the instruction set including creation of new geometry that conforms to one or more three-dimensional printing requirements.
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A system comprising:
- at least one programmable processor;
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- a non-transitory computer readable medium storing executable control software that, in response to execution by the at least one programmable processor, causes the system to at least:
- receive user input via a user interface device for customizing an image of a three-dimensional structure displayed on the user interface device, wherein the system being caused to receive user input includes being caused to receive locations for placing objects on the image of the three-dimensional structure, the customized image of the three-dimensional structure being composed of core geometry;
- construct an instruction set for the customized image of the three-dimensional structure, and recreate the customized image of the three-dimensional structure for display on the user interface device using the instruction set, as the user input data is received via the user interface device, the instruction set for the customized image including a hierarchical skeleton of the three-dimensional structure, and a list of the core geometry of which the customized image of the three-dimensional structure is composed, and excluding the core geometry;
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- render the instruction set into a printable file having a computer-aided design (CAD) file format usable by a three-dimensional printer, render of the instruction set including creation of new geometry that conforms to one or more three-dimensional printing requirements.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.