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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2022
Protolabs, Inc., Maple Plain, MN (US);
Shuji Usui, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Eelco Hoogendoorn, Amsterdam, NL;
PROTOLABS, INC., Maple Plain, MN (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for superimposing two-dimensional drawings of a part for manufacture onto three-dimensional computer models of the part for manufacture is disclosed. The apparatus includes a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the processor. The memory containing instructions configuring the processor to receive a two-dimensional drawing of a part for manufacture and a three-dimensional model of the part for manufacture. The apparatus defines an area of the two-dimensional drawing using a bounding box and extracts a section view from the area of the two-dimensional drawing. The apparatus positions the section view of the two-dimensional drawing at least partially over the three-dimensional model of the part for manufacture and aligns a component of the section view with a corresponding component of the three-dimensional model.