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Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2025

Filed:

Dec. 30, 2020
Applicant:

Stratasys Ltd., Rehovot, IL;

Inventors:

Lior Elgali, Tel-Aviv, IL;

Naftali Emanuel Eder, Kiryat Gat, IL;

Assignee:

STRATASYS LTD., Rehovot, IL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B29C 64/171 (2017.01); B29C 64/393 (2017.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/393 (2017.08); B29C 64/171 (2017.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12);
Abstract

A method of printing a 3D object comprising a plurality of discrete elements, the method comprising: receiving a 3D digital model of a shell group comprising one or more shells representing the plurality of discrete elements; defining, in the 3D digital model, a unifying shell to at least partly envelop one or more shells of the shell group to provide a unified digital model comprising the shell group and the unifying shell; assigning the unifying shell with at least one transparent building material that is transparent upon dispensing and solidifying thereof; assigning the one or more shells of the shell group with one or more building materials; and dispensing, in layers, the at least one transparent building material and the one or more building materials according to the unified digital model to form a 3D object comprising one or more discrete elements that are at least partly connected by a unifying element.


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