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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2012
Hugo Boyer, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Ariel Douglas, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Nathaniel B. Pettis, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Hugo Boyer, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Ariel Douglas, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Nathaniel B. Pettis, Brooklyn, NY (US);
MakerBot Industries, LLC, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Abstract
A source model describing a modeled object is identified. A preliminary fabrication model is automatically identified from the source model. A structural analysis of the fabrication model is automatically performed, resulting in the identification of a critical point and a corresponding failure mode at the critical point. The preliminary fabrication model is automatically modified to adjust the structural integrity of the modeled object with respect to the failure mode at the critical point, thereby producing an updated fabrication model. The object is printed on a three dimensional printer using the updated fabrication model.