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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2011
Applicant:
Matthew Hartloff, Plymouth, MN (US);
Inventor:
Matthew Hartloff, Plymouth, MN (US);
Assignee:
Proto Labs, Inc., Maple Plain, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G05B 15/00 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2011.01); G06T 17/00 (2006.01); G01N 21/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Any issues associated with manufacture of a part are identified and highlighted on a part rendering. A software method and system then uses a visual change cue on the part rendering for communicating the manufacturability issues to the customer. The preferred visual change cue is a throbbing of the highlighting of the manufacturability issue, with the throbbing occurring in both color intensity and size. The part rendering depicts the part translucently, so throbbing manufacturability issues can be readily identified even if obscured behind a more-forward face of the part.