3D fonts for automation of design for manufacturing
AssigneeDassault Systemes
InventorJean-Jacques Grimaud
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Abstract
Customized 3D-printing can provide users with customized products, but need to be verified for quality and durability. In an embodiment, a method for three-dimensional (3D)-printing a customized product includes loading a 3D-font from a database. The 3D font includes multiple character relations. Each character relation connects any two given characters of the 3D font. The method also includes generating a 3D-representation of a customized article product based on the 3D-font. The customized product is based on a plurality of characters received from a user. A 3D-font as described herein can provide customized, on-demand, 3D-printed products of a particular threshold of quality and durability.
Claims16
A method for three-dimensional (3D)-printing a customized product, the method comprising:
- loading a 3D-font from a database, wherein the 3D font includes a matrix of character relations having a first index of every character of the 3D font and a second index of every character in the 3D font, each character relation of the matrix representing a physical connection transitioning a character represented by the first index to a character represented by the second index;
- generating a 3D-representation of a customized product based on the 3D-font, the customized product based on a plurality of characters received from a user, and
- 3D-printing the customized product according to the generated 3D-representation.
A system for three-dimensional (3D)-printing a customized product, the system comprising:
- a processor coupled with a memory configured to execute instructions including:
- loading a 3D-font from a database in the memory, wherein the 3D font includes a matrix of character relations having a first index of every character of the 3D font and a second index of every character in the 3D font, each character relation of the matrix representing a physical connection transitioning a character represented by the first index to a character represented by the second;
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- generating a 3D-representation of a customized product based on the 3D-font, the customized product based on a plurality of characters received from a user;
- directing a 3D- printer to 3D-print the customized product according to the generated 3D-representation.
A method for creating a three-dimensional (3D)-font, the method comprising:
- creating a 3D-font for a particular material by determining a minimum threshold of the particular material to form a physical connection of any two given characters, using the particular material to form the physical connection, based on mechanical characteristics of the particular material, and populating a matrix of character relations indexed by a first index and a second index, wherein each character relation represents the physical connection transitioning a character represented by the first index to a character represented by the second index.
A system for creating a three-dimensional (3D)-font, the system comprising:
- a processor coupled with a memory configured to execute instructions including:
- creating a 3D-font in a memory for a particular material by determining a minimum threshold of the particular material to form a physical connection of any two given characters, using the particular material to form the physical connection, based on mechanical characteristics of the particular material;
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- populating a matrix of character relations indexed by a first index and a second index, wherein each character relation represents the physical connection transitioning a character represented by the first index to a character represented by the second index.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.