METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A PHYSICAL VOLUMETRIC REPRESENTATION OF A VIRTUAL THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT

摘要

One variation of a method for manufacturing a physical volumetric representation of a virtual three-dimensional object includes: slicing the virtual three-dimensional object into a set of virtual layers of discrete virtual thickness; for each virtual layer in the set of virtual layers, selecting a set of cross-sections of a portion of the virtual three-dimensional object within the virtual layer, setting an opacity level for each cross-section, combining the set of cross-sections into a composite cross-section based on an opacity level set for each cross-section, and printing the composite cross-section onto a dominant face of a substrate in a set of substrates; and assembling the set of substrates into a stack, each substrate in the set of substrates positioned within the stack according to a position within the virtual three-dimensional object of a cross-section printed on the substrate.

主权项

1. A method for manufacturing a physical volumetric representation of a virtual three-dimensional object, the method comprising:
slicing the virtual three-dimensional object into a set of virtual layers of discrete virtual thickness based on a selected resolution for the physical volumetric representation; for each virtual layer in the set of virtual layers,
selecting a set of adjacent cross-sections of a portion of the virtual three-dimensional object contained within the virtual layer,setting an opacity level for each cross-section in the series of cross-sections,combining the series of cross-sections into a composite cross-section based on an opacity level set for each cross-section in the series of cross-sections, andprinting the composite cross-section onto a transparent portion of a dominant face of a substrate in a set of substrates; and arranging the set of substrates into a stack, each substrate in the set of substrates positioned within the stack according to a position within the virtual three-dimensional object of a cross-section printed on the substrate.