US 11,734,471 B2
Topology optimization for subtractive manufacturing techniques
Nigel Morris, Toronto (CA); Adrian Butscher, Toronto (CA); and Francesco Iorio, Toronto (CA)
Assigned to AUTODESK, INC., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by AUTODESK, INC., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 1, 2018, as Appl. No. 15/996,405.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/515,231, filed on Jun. 5, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2018/0349531 A1, Dec. 6, 2018
Int. Cl. G06F 30/17 (2020.01); G06F 30/20 (2020.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); G06T 15/06 (2011.01); G05B 19/18 (2006.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); G06F 30/15 (2020.01); G06F 30/23 (2020.01); G05B 13/04 (2006.01); G06F 17/16 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 30/20 (2020.01) [B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12); G05B 13/04 (2013.01); G05B 19/182 (2013.01); G06F 17/16 (2013.01); G06F 30/15 (2020.01); G06F 30/17 (2020.01); G06F 30/23 (2020.01); G06T 15/06 (2013.01); G06T 2210/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for designing a product for manufacture, the method comprising:
determining a design problem statement for a final product to be manufactured;
determining a set of dimensions of a manufacturing machine;
generating a computer-generated three-dimensional (3D) model of the final product to be manufactured based on the design problem statement;
modifying the 3D model of the final product to be manufactured by moving one or more positions of one or more points on a surface of the 3D model based on the set of dimensions of the manufacturing machine; and
generating a design solution for the final product to be manufactured that includes the modified 3D model of the final product.