Boolean layer comparison slice
US6333741A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 18, 1998 |
| Grant date | Dec 25, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 18, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG05B2219/49013
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
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.
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