Method for Printing Three-Dimensional Parts with Part Strain Orientation

摘要

A method and program for printing a three-dimensional part with an additive manufacturing system, the method including generating or otherwise providing strain data from a digital model of the three-dimensional part, orienting the digital model to align the directions of high tensile strain in a build plane, and printing the three-dimensional part in a layer-by-layer manner based on the oriented digital model with the additive manufacturing system.

主权项

1. A method for printing a three-dimensional part with an additive manufacturing system, the method comprising:
providing a digital model of the three-dimensional part to a computer-based system; generating strain data from the digital model with the computer-based system; determining a dominant tensile strain direction for the digital model from the strain data with the computer-based system; orienting the digital model to align the dominant tensile strain direction in a build plane of the additive manufacturing system; and generating printing instructions from the oriented digital model with the computer-based system.