Roland Dg Corporation

Akira Harada

Makoto Yoshida

A device generating modeled object data representing a modeled object created while supported by pillar-shaped supports using a 3D printer includes a storage to store data of a body and data of the supports, a layout determiner to determine a layout of the body of the modeled object in a building area of the 3D printer, a display controller to display an image of the body with the determined layout, a support arrangement determiner to determine build positions to create the supports of the modeled object in the determined layout, and a modeled object data generator to generate the modeled object data representing the modeled object in a state where the modeled object is created, each build position to create the support being determined by the support arrangement determiner at a locally highest point parallel to a horizontal plane and protruding thereabove in the vertical direction, the locally highest point being located at a position lower than a top end of the support.

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Hamamatsu, Japan

Akira Harada