General Electric Company

John Madelone

John William Carbone

Benjamin Edward Beckmann

Peter Koudal

Michael Evans Graham

Thomas Charles Adcock

Justin John Gambone, Jr

James William Sears

Lang Yuan

According to some embodiments, a computer processor may receive an item definition file containing a volumetric description of the three-dimensional item and create a compressed item definition file including a compressed volumetric description of the three-dimensional item. For example, the item definition file may include a plurality of item slices, from a bottom item slice to a top item slice, each item slice describing a two-dimensional portion of the three-dimensional item. For at least some of the item slices, the computer processor may encode data in the item definition file describing a particular item slice in terms of differences between that particular item slice and another item slice (e.g., a neighboring item slice directly below that particular item slice or an anchor item slice below that particular item slice).

Encoding volumetric data to support trusted transaction delivery

A method includes applying thermal and/or strain modeling to the CAD representation of an object. In addition, scan path data is generated based at least in part on a result of the thermal and/or strain modeling. A build file comprising the scan path data is generated. The build file comprises instructions that configure an additive manufacturing tool to generate the object according to the scan path data.

Methods and apparatus for generating additive manufacturing scan paths using thermal and strain modeling

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John Madelone