THREE DIMENSION PRINTER CONTROL METHOD, THREE DIMENSION PRINTER CONTROL PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS

• Main Authors: MATSUMOTO TATSURO, TSUNODA TADANOBU
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 11.07.2019
• Subjects: ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY; ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OFTHREE-DIMENSIONAL [3-D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVEAGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3-D PRINTING,STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; TRANSPORTING; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL

To efficiently operate a plurality of 3D printers.SOLUTION: The information processing apparatus 101 acquires operation status information of each 3D printer 102 of the plurality of 3D printers 102. Based on the obtained operation status information of each 3D printer 102, the information processing apparatus 101 generates 3 dimensional data of members to be allocated to each of the 3D printers 102 from the 3 dimensional data of the object to be shaped. The information processing apparatus 101 controls the output to each of the 3D printers 102 by using the generated 3 dimensional data of the member.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】複数の３Ｄプリンタを効率よく稼働させること。【解決手段】情報処理装置１０１は、複数の３Ｄプリンタ１０２の各３Ｄプリンタ１０２の運用状況情報を取得する。情報処理装置１０１は、取得した各３Ｄプリンタ１０２の運用状況情報に基づいて、造形対象物の３次元データから、造形対象物のうちの、各３Ｄプリンタ１０２に割り当てる部材の３次元データを生成する。情報処理装置１０１は、生成した部材の３次元データを用いて、各３Ｄプリンタ１０２への出力を制御する。【選択図】図１