System, device and method of 3D printing

摘要

A method of 3D printing comprises the steps of running a videogame which includes a step of generating a virtual game environment comprising in-game geometry. A user provides an indication that the current state of the virtual game environment should be selected for 3D printing. The system obtains supplementary geometry and supplements the in-game geometry with the supplementary geometry to create a 3D printer geometry wherein components of the virtual game environment included in the 3D printer geometry,220, are modified by the supplementary geometry to have structural features (22A-22D, Figure 4 not shown) within the 3D printer geometry that have dimensions calculated to support the model in its final printed physical form.