| CPC B29C 64/393 (2017.08) [B22F 10/00 (2021.01); B29C 64/153 (2017.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12); B22F 10/10 (2021.01)] | 8 Claims |
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1. A system, comprising:
an additive manufacturing machine;
one or more processors; and
one or more non-transitory memory devices, the one or more non-transitory memory devices storing computer-readable instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to perform operations, in performing the operations the one or more processors are configured to:
decompose a model representing a component into submodels that each correspond to a subcomponent of the component, each of the subcomponents having a preselected quality metric associated therewith, the model being decomposed into the submodels based at least in part on the preselected quality metrics, wherein the submodels include a first submodel and a second submodel, the first submodel corresponding to a first subcomponent and the second submodel corresponding to a second subcomponent of the subcomponents and wherein the preselected quality metrics include at least one of the following: a strength, a durability, a roughness, a heat transfer capability, a resolution, or a weight;
select a set of build parameters for each of the submodels based at least in part on the preselected quality metrics associated with the subcomponents, wherein the set of build parameters includes a first set of build parameters for the first submodel and a second set of build parameters for the second submodel;
define an overlap region at an interface between the first subcomponent and the second subcomponent of the subcomponents;
determine a set of blended build parameters for the overlap region based at least in part on a first set of build parameters associated with the first submodel and a second set of build parameters associated with the second submodel and wherein the blended build parameters are blended incrementally at predetermined increments of layers, wherein determining the set of blended build parameters includes determining a geometry of the overlap region, which includes comparing the first set of build parameters with the second set of build parameters, determining a matching score, and based on the matching score and a geometry of the first subcomponent and the second subcomponent, determining a thickness and a plane in which the overlap region extends; and
cause the additive manufacturing machine to additively manufacture the component from at least one additive material in a single build by building up the subcomponents of the component using their respective selected sets of build parameters.
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