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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2019
Siemens Industry Software Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Nicola Maria Ceriani, Erlangen, DE;
Siemens Industry Software Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
A computing system may include a design access engine configured to access a digital design of a part designed for construction through an additive manufacturing process. The computing system may also include a detachable support structure engine configured to insert, into the digital design, a support structure configured to support construction of a surface of the part. The inserted support structure may include a shape-memory element configured to be in a diminished shape during the additive manufacturing process and expand into an expanded shape after the additive manufacturing process ends as well as an element enclosure attached to the surface of the part and configured to hold the shape-memory element in the diminished shape and break from the part as the shape-memory element expands into the expanded shape.