Seam concealment for three-dimensional models
US8974715B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 12, 2014 |
| Grant date | Mar 10, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 12, 2034 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/24802
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A three-dimensional model built with an extrusion-based digital manufacturing system, and having a perimeter based on a contour tool path that defines an interior region of a layer of the three-dimensional model, where at least one of a start point and a stop point of the contour tool path is located within the interior region of the layer.
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