Apparatus and method to predetermine a mechanical property of a three-dimensional object built by additive manufacturing
US10201940B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 12, 2015 |
| Grant date | Feb 12, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 16, 2036 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2119/18
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A computer implemented apparatus and method for receiving tool paths that a dispensing head follows to deposit roads of material for successively building object layers of a 3D object during an additive manufacturing process, generating simulated object layers of a simulated 3D object from the tool paths, wherein the simulated object layers represent an interior geometry of each one of the object layers, determining a contact surface area between adjacent ones of the simulated object layers, and determining a predicted mechanical property of the 3D object from the contact surface area and a material property of the material.
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