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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2021
Applicant:
Global Graphics Software Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Inventors:
Kenneth Hillier, Venice, FL (US);
Roger Goldsmith, Sarasota, FL (US);
Assignee:
GLOBAL GRAPHICS SOFTWARE LIMITED, Cambridge, GB;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 19/20 (2011.01); B33Y 50/00 (2015.01); B22F 10/80 (2021.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 19/20 (2013.01); B22F 10/80 (2021.01); B33Y 50/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); G06T 2219/2012 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for generating or enhancing a shell for a printed three-dimensional (3D) object includes converting a 3D print file representing the 3D object to at least one vector file representing the 3D object; using a vector trapping algorithm on the at least one vector file to generate or enhance the shell in the at least one vector file; processing the at least one vector file with the shell to produce at least one rasterized vector file; and printing, using the at least one rasterized vector file, the 3D object with the shell.