公开(公告)号：US20200019142A1

公开(公告)日：2020-01-16

申请号：US16472321

申请日：2018-03-30

Applicant: Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc.

Inventor： Erva Ulu ,  Erhan Arisoy ,  Suraj Ravi Musuvathy ,  David Madeley ,  Nurcan Gecer Ulu

IPC: G05B19/4099 ,  B33Y50/00 ,  B29C64/386

Abstract: Systems and methods may support build direction-based partitioning for construction of a physical object through additive manufacturing. In some implementations, a system may access a surface mesh representative of a 3D object and an initial build direction for construction of the object using additive manufacturing. The system may partition the surface mesh into an initial buildable segment and a non-buildable segment based on the initial build direction. The system may iteratively determine subsequent build directions and partition off subsequent buildable segments from the unbuildable segment until no portion of the non-buildable segment remains. The determined buildable segments and correlated build directions may be provided to a multi-axis 3D printer for construction of the represented 3D object through additive manufacturing.