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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2016
Stratasys, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Chad E. Beery, Waconia, MN (US);
Michael D. Bosveld, Bloomington, MN (US);
Robert E. Styer, Apple Valley, MN (US);
STRATASYS, INC., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Abstract
A starter piece for printing a three-dimensional item includes a main body having a face surface, a keel coupled to the main body, a guide tab extending from the keel, and at least one retaining mechanism coupled to the main body. Printing a three-dimensional item with an additive manufacturing system having a print foundation, a print head configured to print the three-dimensional item, and a plurality of support rails includes printing a support structure for the three-dimensional item in a layer by layer manner along the printing axis along with the printing of the three-dimensional item. The support structure is printed to provide a support between the three-dimensional item and the plurality of support rails of the additive manufacturing system.