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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2017
Applicant:
Stratasys, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Inventors:
Joseph E. LaBossiere, Rogers, MN (US);
Michael D. Bosveld, Bloomington, MN (US);
Dominic F. Mannella, Minnetonka, MN (US);
William J. Swanson, St. Paul, MN (US);
Assignee:
STRATASYS, INC., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/386 (2017.01); B29C 64/106 (2017.01); B29C 64/00 (2017.01); B29C 64/112 (2017.01); B29C 64/10 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/10 (2017.08); B29C 64/00 (2017.08); B29C 64/106 (2017.08); B29C 64/112 (2017.08); B29C 64/386 (2017.08);
Abstract
A method for printing a three-dimensional part with an additive manufacturing system, the method comprising generating and printing a planarizing part having a substantially-planar top surface relative to a build plane, and a bottom surface that substantially mirrors a topography of a platen surface, and printing the three-dimensional part over the substantially-planar top surface of the printed planarizing part.