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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2010
Applicant:
Erik K. Heide, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Inventor:
Erik K. Heide, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Assignee:
Stratasys, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/4097 (2006.01); G06T 11/20 (2006.01); B29C 67/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 67/0088 (2013.01); B29C 67/0055 (2013.01); B29C 67/0092 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for generating data for a support structure to be built with a deposition-based digital manufacturing system, the method comprising generating a convex hull polygon based on a boundary polygon of a layer of the support structure, offsetting the convex hull polygon inward, offsetting the boundary polygon outward, and generating an intersection boundary polygon based at least in part on the offset boundary polygon and the offset convex hull polygon.