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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2015
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hidefumi Osawa, Saitama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing method for generating slice data in a shaping apparatus configured to manufacture a three-dimensional object including a shaping object by sequentially stacking shaping materials based on the slice data generated for each layer, the information processing method including the steps of: acquiring cross-sectional data; judging the presence/absence of a support required region; determining a type of the support to be disposed in the support required region; and generating, as the slice data of a target layer, image data including a structure region indicating the cross-section of the shaping object in the target layer and a support region indicating the cross-section of the support.