CPC B29C 64/386 (2017.08) [B22F 1/10 (2022.01); B22F 3/24 (2013.01); B22F 10/00 (2021.01); B22F 10/28 (2021.01); G05B 19/4099 (2013.01); G06F 30/17 (2020.01); B22F 10/14 (2021.01); B22F 10/32 (2021.01); B22F 10/80 (2021.01); B22F 12/53 (2021.01); B22F 2003/247 (2013.01); B22F 2301/00 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12); G06T 17/20 (2013.01)] | 9 Claims |
1. A method of configuring an additive manufacturing system, comprising:
dividing an initial model into a plurality of segments, the initial model defining a geometry of an object;
calculating, for each of the plurality of segments, a stress value using a cross-sectional area of the segment and a calculated weight of material residing atop the segment;
predicting a deformation of each of the segments according to the associated stress value as a result of a sintering process following deposition of all of the segments;
calculating, for each of the plurality of segments, a modified geometry of the segment as a function of the predicted deformation;
defining a printed geometry of the object from the collective of modified geometries of each of the segments; and
printing the object according to the printed geometry.
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