Systems and methods for forming and utilizing bending maps for object design

US10055536B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MATERIALISE N.V. · BE

Inventors

• Jan Willem Maes · Wilrijk, BE
• Mohd Azman Mohd Ismail · Kuala Lumpur, MY
• Tom CLUCKERS · Leuven, BE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 29, 2015
• Grant date: Aug 21, 2018
• Expiry date: Aug 29, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06T2219/2021
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Systems and methods for designing digital representations of 3-D objects and manufacturing such objects are disclosed herein. In some aspects, the systems and methods described relate to bending maps that define regions on a physical object that can be bent or manipulated in order to design the 3-D object.