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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2017
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Mamoru Mochizuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus includes: a generation unit that generates plural pieces of slice data by slicing, by plural planes, a 3D model as represented by 3D data; a plane assignment unit that assigns slice images to planes so that slice images corresponding to a part of the plural pieces of slice data and slice images corresponding to another part of the plural pieces of slice data are to be formed on same set of recording media; and an output unit that generates, according to the plane assignment, image formation information that allows an image forming apparatus to form the slice images on recording media and outputs the generated image formation information to the image forming apparatus, and generates, according to the plane assignment, control data that allow a post-processing apparatus to perform post-processing for manufacture of a 3D modeled object and outputs the generated control data to the post-processing apparatus.