公开(公告)号：US10678959B2

公开(公告)日：2020-06-09

申请号：US15917265

申请日：2018-03-09

Applicant: Autodesk, Inc.

Inventor： Tyson Andre Brochu ,  Ryan Michael Schmidt

IPC: G06F30/00 ,  G06T17/10 ,  B33Y50/02 ,  G06T17/20 ,  G06T17/00 ,  G06T19/20 ,  B33Y50/00 ,  G06F30/23 ,  G06F119/18

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including medium-encoded computer program products, for creating one or more gradients of different materials for a three dimensional (3D) surface model include, in one aspect, a system including: an additive manufacturing machine designed to use different materials in combination with each other when manufacturing objects; and means for creating a discretized gradient for a 3D surface model of an object, to be manufactured using the additive manufacturing machine, by inserting one or more 3D surfaces into the 3D surface model at specified locations, thereby creating a non-manifold version of the 3D surface model having multiple discrete volumetric regions, and assigning a material specification to each of the discrete volumetric regions, each of the material specifications being either a single one of the different materials or a specified combination of the different materials, which are usable by the additive manufacturing machine to manufacture the object.

公开(公告)号：US20180276316A1

公开(公告)日：2018-09-27

申请号：US15917265

申请日：2018-03-09

Applicant: Autodesk, Inc.

Inventor： Tyson Andre Brochu ,  Ryan Michael Schmidt

IPC: G06F17/50 ,  G06T17/10 ,  G06T17/20 ,  B33Y50/02

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including medium-encoded computer program products, for creating one or more gradients of different materials for a three dimensional (3D) surface model include, in one aspect, a system including: an additive manufacturing machine designed to use different materials in combination with each other when manufacturing objects; and means for creating a discretized gradient for a 3D surface model of an object, to be manufactured using the additive manufacturing machine, by inserting one or more 3D surfaces into the 3D surface model at specified locations, thereby creating a non-manifold version of the 3D surface model having multiple discrete volumetric regions, and assigning a material specification to each of the discrete volumetric regions, each of the material specifications being either a single one of the different materials or a specified combination of the different materials, which are usable by the additive manufacturing machine to manufacture the object.