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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2009
Applicants:
Paul E. Hopkins, Savage, MN (US);
Donald J. Holzwarth, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Inventors:
Paul E. Hopkins, Savage, MN (US);
Donald J. Holzwarth, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Assignee:
Stratasys, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 41/02 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A three-dimensional model built with an extrusion-based digital manufacturing system, and having a perimeter based on a contour tool path that defines an interior region of a layer of the three-dimensional model, where at least one of a start point and a stop point of the contour tool path is located within the interior region of the layer.