METHOD FOR BUILDING AND USING THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS CONTAINING EMBEDDED IDENTIFICATION-TAG INSERTS

摘要

A method for building a three-dimensional object (28, 42, 58, 74, 80) containing an identification-tag insert (38, 54, 70, 78, 82), the method comprising performing a build operation to form layers (34, 48, 64) of the three-dimensional object (28, 42, 58, 74, 80) using a layer-based additive technique, placing the identification-tag insert (38, 54, 70, 78, 82) on at least a portion of the layers (34, 48, 64) during the build operation, and reading information from the identification-tag insert (38, 54, 70, 78, 82).