System and method of enhancing a 3D printed model

• Main Author: Bigos, Andrew James
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 23.05.2023
• 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; AMUSEMENTS; CALCULATING; CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; COMPUTING; COUNTING; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; HUMAN NECESSITIES; IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SPORTS; TRANSMISSION; TRANSPORTING; VIDEO GAMES; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL

A method of enhancing a 3D printed model includes generating successive visualisations of a virtual environment comprising a target object, receiving a user input indicating selection of a visualisation of the target object at a particular moment in time, generating visualisation data to enable subsequent visualisation of at least the target object as at the particular moment in time, causing the visualisation data to be stored at a unique location;generating 3D print model data for 3D printing of the target object, and associating data identifying the unique location of the stored visualisation data with the 3D print model data.