Title:
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING MATERIAL USAGE AMOUNT AND PRINTING TIME FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTER
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2018/110838
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
A 3D printing estimation apparatus includes a database storing 3D model data indicating a printing part and usage amount information of each material in one spraying process, a printing data generating part for generating 3D data of a printing object including the printing part and a support, an area splitting part for splitting the 3D data into at least one area, a material determining part for determining a type and a printing pattern of each material constituting each of the at least one area, and a material usage amount estimating part for determining a number of times each material is sprayed on the at least one area based on the determined type and the printing pattern of each material, and estimating a usage amount of each material to be printed the printing object based on the determined number of times and the usage amount information.
Inventors:
PARK JAE IL (KR)
LEE GYEO RYE (KR)
KIM DU SU (KR)
CHO SUNG WOOK (KR)
LEE GYEO RYE (KR)
KIM DU SU (KR)
CHO SUNG WOOK (KR)
Application Number:
PCT/KR2017/012898
Publication Date:
June 21, 2018
Filing Date:
November 14, 2017
Export Citation:
Assignee:
3D SYSTEMS KOREA INC (KR)
International Classes:
B29C64/20; B33Y40/00; G01G23/18
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2016165745A1 | 2016-10-20 |
Foreign References:
| US20160092041A1 | 2016-03-31 | |||
| US20150231824A1 | 2015-08-20 | |||
| US20150283763A1 | 2015-10-08 | |||
| US20150093552A1 | 2015-04-02 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
CHANG, Duck Soon et al. (KR)
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