Abstract:
A controller-implemented method of controlling a three dimensional (3D) printing process, comprises presenting printing options (20) of the 3D printing process at a user interface (16); accepting settings (22) from the user interface (16) based on the presented printing options (20); determining a printing instruction (24) based on the settings (22), the printing instruction (24) to be used to manufacture a three-dimensional (3D) object; and determining a post-processing instruction (26) based on the settings (22), the post-processing instruction (26) to be used in post-processing the 3D object.
Abstract:
According to one aspect, there is provided an apparatus and a method for extracting 3D printed parts from a build unit (114) in cleaning station comprising obtaining data representing the contents of a print job contained in the build unit (114) and generating a visualization of the contents of the build unit (114) based in part on the obtained data and in part on data related to operations performed by the cleaning station.
Abstract:
According to an example, a computing apparatus may include a processing device and a machine readable storage medium on which is stored instructions that when executed by the processing device, cause the processing device to access, from a sensing device, information pertaining to formation of a part of a 3D object in a layer of build materials upon which fusing agent droplets have been or are to be selectively deposited. The instructions may also cause the processing device to predict, based upon the accessed information, a quality of the part and output an indication of the predicted quality of the part.