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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2016
Roland Dg Corporation, Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka, JP;
Kouichi Kobayashi, Hamamatsu, JP;
ROLAND DG CORPORATION, Shizuoka, JP;
Abstract
A support arrangement determining apparatus includes a reference processor that shifts and rotates a target object model, a candidate generating processor that generates inclination angles that are candidates for the orientation of the target object to be formed, a support calculating processor that calculates a number of supports to be attached and arranged on the target object, and an inclination angle determining processor that determines, among a plurality of inclination angles generated by the candidate generating processor, an inclination angle that enables the supports to support the load of the target object and that reduces or minimizes the number of the supports calculated by the support calculating processor, and with the inclination angle the target object is inclined from the predetermined reference orientation.