GENERATION OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS

摘要

According to one example, there is provided a system for managing the generation of three-dimension objects by an additive manufacturing system. The system comprises a processor to receive one or multiple virtual objects, to generate a spatial arrangement of those objects within a virtual build volume, to control an additive manufacturing system to process the virtual build volume, to modify the virtual build volume in response to a request, and to control the additive manufacturing system to process the modified virtual build volume.

主权项

1. A method of managing the generation of three-dimensional objects by an additive manufacturing system, comprising:
generating, a spatial arrangement of virtual objects within a virtual build volume; controlling the additive manufacturing system to process successive layers of a build material corresponding to the virtual build volume; receiving a request to modify the virtual build volume; determining whether the request can be accepted based on the portion of the virtual build volume that has not yet been processed by the additive manufacturing system, and where it is so determined, modifying the virtual build volume; and controlling the additive manufacturing system to continue processing layers of the build material based on the modified virtual build volume.