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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
May. 12, 2011
Applicant:
Bob Tipton, Woburn, MA (US);
Inventor:
Bob Tipton, Woburn, MA (US);
Assignee:
3D Systems, Inc., Rock Hill, SC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 17/00 (2006.01); G06T 19/20 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 17/00 (2013.01); G06T 19/20 (2013.01); G06T 2219/2021 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention is directed to systems and methods for detailing a graphical 3D solid model displayed to a user. An example system includes a graphical user interface device (e.g., joystick, keyboard, stylus, roller ball, touch screen, tablet, etc.) configured to receive input from a user and transmit the input to a computer including a Central Processing Unit (CPU) and/or a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), a memory for use with the computer, and a video display configured to graphically display the detailed 3D solid model to the user.