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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2023
Autodesk, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
David Jon Weinberg, Gig Harbor, WA (US);
Nam Ho Kim, Gainesville, FL (US);
Autodesk, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including medium-encoded computer program products, include: obtaining one or more design criteria for a modeled object; iteratively modifying a three-dimensional shape of the modeled object in accordance with the one or more design criteria, determining layer boundaries between three or more discrete layers for the three-dimensional shape based on differences among multiple milling depths identified for respective milling lines in a density-based representation of the three-dimensional shape, including adjusting the density-based representation of the three-dimensional shape to reassign milling depths for at least a portion of the milling lines such that the milling depths for the milling lines correspond to the layer boundaries between the three or more discrete layers for the three-dimensional shape, thereby changing the three-dimensional shape of the modeled object; and providing the three-dimensional shape of the modeled object for use in manufacturing a physical structure using a 2.5-axis subtractive manufacturing process.