Method and device for manufacturing objects having improved surface characteristic
First Claim
1. A computer-based method of providing control commands of a control command set for manufacturing a three-dimensional object by an additive manufacturing device, the method comprising at least the following steps:
- allocating input data representing at least a partial surface of an entire surface of the three-dimensional object to be manufactured, wherein the partial surface has an initial surface texture defined by a set of initial texture parameter values that characterize a geometry of the initial surface texture, wherein the input data includes a set of preferential texture parameter values that characterize a preferential surface texture of the partial surface;
comparing the set of preferential texture parameter values with different sets of existing texture parameter values and determining a set of existing texture parameter values by the step of comparing the set of preferential texture parameter values with the different sets of existing texture parameter values which is a set of target texture parameter values having values that are the least different to the set of preferential texture parameter values;
assigning an existing control command set of an additive manufacturing device to each of the sets of existing texture parameter values to manufacture the partial surface by the additive manufacturing device with a surface texture that is defined by the corresponding set of existing texture parameter values; and
generating control commands of a control command set to manufacture the partial surface by the additive manufacturing device with a surface texture that is defined by the set of target texture parameter values, wherein either the existing control command set is determined as the control command set for manufacturing the three-dimensional object that is assigned to the set of existing texture parameter values identified in the comparison step, or, if the existing control command set includes only the control commands that geometrically describe the surface texture characterized by the identified set of existing texture parameter values, integrating the control commands into a complete control command set.
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Abstract
A computer-based method of providing control commands of a control command set for manufacturing a three-dimensional object with an additive manufacturing device. The method includes at least the following steps: a step of allocating input data that represent at least a partial surface of the object to be manufactured, where the partial surface has an initial surface texture defined by a set of initial texture parameter values that characterize the geometry of the initial surface texture; a step of determining a set of target texture parameter values that differ from the set of initial texture parameter values, and a step of generating control commands of a control command set to manufacture the partial surface by the additive manufacturing device with a surface texture that is defined by the set of target texture parameter values.
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1. A computer-based method of providing control commands of a control command set for manufacturing a three-dimensional object by an additive manufacturing device, the method comprising at least the following steps:
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allocating input data representing at least a partial surface of an entire surface of the three-dimensional object to be manufactured, wherein the partial surface has an initial surface texture defined by a set of initial texture parameter values that characterize a geometry of the initial surface texture, wherein the input data includes a set of preferential texture parameter values that characterize a preferential surface texture of the partial surface; comparing the set of preferential texture parameter values with different sets of existing texture parameter values and determining a set of existing texture parameter values by the step of comparing the set of preferential texture parameter values with the different sets of existing texture parameter values which is a set of target texture parameter values having values that are the least different to the set of preferential texture parameter values; assigning an existing control command set of an additive manufacturing device to each of the sets of existing texture parameter values to manufacture the partial surface by the additive manufacturing device with a surface texture that is defined by the corresponding set of existing texture parameter values; and generating control commands of a control command set to manufacture the partial surface by the additive manufacturing device with a surface texture that is defined by the set of target texture parameter values, wherein either the existing control command set is determined as the control command set for manufacturing the three-dimensional object that is assigned to the set of existing texture parameter values identified in the comparison step, or, if the existing control command set includes only the control commands that geometrically describe the surface texture characterized by the identified set of existing texture parameter values, integrating the control commands into a complete control command set. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11)
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8. A preprocessor device for carrying out a method of providing control commands for an additive manufacturing device, the preprocessor device comprising:
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an allocation processor component that allocates input data representing at least a partial surface of an entire surface of the three-dimensional object to be manufactured, wherein the partial surface has an initial surface texture that is defined by a set of initial texture parameter values that characterize a geometry of the initial surface texture, wherein the input data includes a set of preferential texture parameter values that characterize a preferential surface texture of the partial surface; a comparing processor component that compares the set of preferential texture parameter values with different sets of existing texture parameter values and determines a set of existing texture parameter values by the step of comparing the set of preferential texture parameter values with the different sets of existing texture parameter values which is a set of target texture parameter values having values that are the least different to the set of preferential texture parameter values; an assignment processor component that assigns an existing control command set of an additive manufacturing device to each of the sets of existing texture parameter values to manufacture the partial surface by the additive manufacturing device with a surface texture that is defined by the corresponding set of existing texture parameter values; and a control command set generation processor component that, when in operation, generates control commands of a control command set to manufacture the partial surface by the additive manufacturing device with a surface texture defined by the set of target texture parameter values, wherein either the existing control command set is determined as the control command set for manufacturing the three-dimensional object that is assigned to the set of existing texture parameter values identified in the comparison step, or, if the existing control command set includes only the control commands that geometrically describe the surface texture characterized by the identified set of existing texture parameter values, integrating the control commands into a complete control command set. - View Dependent Claims (10, 12, 13)
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14. A computer-based method of providing control commands of a control command set for manufacturing a three-dimensional object by an additive manufacturing device, wherein the method comprises at least the following steps:
allocating input data representing at least a partial surface of an entire surface of the three-dimensional object to be manufactured, wherein the partial surface has an initial surface texture defined by a set of initial texture parameter values that characterize a geometry of the initial surface texture determining a set of interaction parameter values having a number of components, wherein a value for an interaction parameter is assigned to each component and an interaction parameter characterizes an interaction of the at least one partial surface of the object to be manufactured with a surrounding of the at least one partial surface of the object to be manufactured; comparing the set of interaction parameter values with different sets of existing interaction parameter values and of determining a set of existing interaction parameter values by the step of comparing the set of preferential texture parameter values with the different sets of existing texture parameter values that are the least different to the set of interaction parameter values; assigning a set of texture parameter values to each set of existing interaction parameter values; assigning an existing control command set of an additive manufacturing device to each of the sets of existing interaction parameter values to manufacture the partial surface by the additive manufacturing device with a surface texture that is defined by the set of texture parameter values assigned to the set of existing interaction parameter values; and generating control commands for a control command set, in that the existing control command set that is assigned to the set of existing interaction parameter values identified in the comparison step, either is set as control command set for manufacturing the object or, when the existing control command set includes only those control commands that geometrically describe the surface texture characterized by the set of texture parameter values which is assigned to the set of existing interaction parameter values identified in the comparison step, integrating the control commands into a complete control command set. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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