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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2017
Lawrence Livermore National Security, Llc, Livermore, CA (US);
Mark Christian Messner, Tracy, CA (US);
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, Livermore, CA (US);
Abstract
The apparatus generates slices of slender member structures for additive manufacturing of object using a processor having associated non-transitory memory. The memory is programmed to define a graph data structure for storing data representing a plurality of elongated struts each having a predefined spatial position and orientation relative to a three-dimensional reference frame. The memory is further programmed to define a slice data structure for storing data representing spaced apart and parallel two-dimensional slices each passing through the three-dimensional reference frame, the slice data structure storing for each slice a grid comprising a plurality of pixels, each pixel representing a binary state indicating whether material is or is not added in performing additive manufacturing of an object.