公开(公告)号：US11014307B2

公开(公告)日：2021-05-25

申请号：US16415291

申请日：2019-05-17

Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.

Inventor： Gregory Colvin ,  Michael Dillard ,  Samir Nayak ,  Robert De Mers ,  Melissa Bush ,  Johnathon Wright

IPC: B29C64/393 ,  B33Y50/02 ,  B29C64/40 ,  G06F30/20 ,  G05B19/4099 ,  G06F119/18

Abstract: A method for determining and optimizing manufacturing of an object by additive manufacturing. One or more computers access a three-dimensional digital model of the object and automatically generate a selected number of versions of supports for manufacture of the object. An image of the generated supports is displayed along with the object for visual perception by a user. The user visually observes the displayed versions of supports and object and uses the images to evaluate whether manufacturing the object by additive manufacturing is viable and whether the additive manufacturing supports are optimized. When viable, the object may be built by additive manufacturing using the optimized additive manufacturing supports to support the object.