Method for Determining the Points to be Supported for an Object Manufactured by Means of an Additive Manufacturing Method; Associated Information Recording Medium and Support Structure

• Main Authors: DUMAS, JEREMIE, LEFEBVRE, SYLVAIN, HERGEL, JEAN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 14.06.2018
• 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

A method for determining a set of points to be supported for an object to be manufactured by means of an additive manufacturing method, characterised in that it comprises a step consisting of subdividing the object into successive layers, each layer corresponding to a thickness of material deposited during the manufacture of the object; and, for each layer, adding, to a set of points to be supported, points to be supported (PS) on the surface of the object that make it possible to ensure the stability of all of the sub-objects (2n), a sub-object being defined as a solid resulting from the manufacture of the i first layers (Ci) of the object.