Interior design using rapid prototyping
First Claim
1. A method for producing a model of an interior configuration of at least one three-dimensional object within a three-dimensional interior space, the method comprising:
- accepting at least one interior space input data set, the at least one interior space input data set including interior space data representing at least a portion of the three-dimensional interior space;
providing the interior space data to at least one rapid prototyping apparatus to create an interior space item including a cavity, the cavity at least partially constituting a model of the three-dimensional interior space;
accepting at least one object input data set, the at least one object input data set including object data representing at least the at least one three-dimensional object; and
providing the object data to the at least one rapid prototyping apparatus to create at least one object item, the at least one object item at least partially constituting a model of the at least one three-dimensional object.
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Abstract
A method for producing a model of an interior configuration of one or more three-dimensional objects within a three-dimensional interior space, including accepting interior space data representing at least a portion of the three-dimensional interior space; providing the interior space data to one or more rapid prototyping apparatuses to create an interior space item including a cavity, the cavity at least partially constituting a model of the three-dimensional interior space; accepting object data representing at least the one or more three-dimensional objects; and providing the object data to the one or more rapid prototyping apparatuses to create one or more object items, the one or more object items at least partially constituting models of the one or more three-dimensional objects. Other methods for producing such a model and an article are also disclosed.
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32 Claims
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1. A method for producing a model of an interior configuration of at least one three-dimensional object within a three-dimensional interior space, the method comprising:
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accepting at least one interior space input data set, the at least one interior space input data set including interior space data representing at least a portion of the three-dimensional interior space;
providing the interior space data to at least one rapid prototyping apparatus to create an interior space item including a cavity, the cavity at least partially constituting a model of the three-dimensional interior space;
accepting at least one object input data set, the at least one object input data set including object data representing at least the at least one three-dimensional object; and
providing the object data to the at least one rapid prototyping apparatus to create at least one object item, the at least one object item at least partially constituting a model of the at least one three-dimensional object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for producing a model of an interior configuration of at least one three-dimensional object within a three-dimensional interior space, the system comprising:
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a processor;
a memory operably couplable to the processor;
software stored in the memory and adapted to accept at least one interior space input data set, the at least one interior space input data set including interior space data representing at least the interior space, to accept at least one object input data set, the at least one object input data set including object data representing at least the at least one three-dimensional object, to provide the interior space data to at least one rapid prototyping apparatus to create an interior space item including a cavity at least partially constituting a model of the three-dimensional interior space, and to provide the object data to the at least one rapid prototyping apparatus to create at least one object item, the at least one object item at least partially constituting a model of the at least one three-dimensional object. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. An article comprising:
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an interior space item including a cavity, the cavity at least partially constituting a model of an interior space, the cavity shaped by at least one rapid prototyping apparatus according to interior space data representing at least a portion of the interior space; and
at least one object item, the at least one object item at least partially constituting a model of at least one three-dimensional object within the interior space, the at least one object item shaped by the at least one rapid prototyping apparatus according to object data representing the at least one three-dimensional object, the at least one object item at least partially resident within the cavity.
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16. A method for producing a model of an interior configuration of at least one three-dimensional object within a three-dimensional interior space, the method comprising:
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receiving interior space data for a rapid prototyping apparatus, the interior space data structured to create an interior space item including a cavity, the cavity at least partially constituting a model of the three-dimensional interior space; and
receiving object data for the rapid prototyping apparatus, the object data structured to create at least one object item, the at least one object item at least partially constituting a model of the at least one three-dimensional object.
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17. A rapid prototyping system, the system comprising:
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circuitry for receiving interior space data for a rapid prototyping apparatus, the interior space data structured to create an interior space item including a cavity, the cavity at least partially constituting a model of the three-dimensional interior space; and
circuitry for receiving object data for the rapid prototyping apparatus, the object data structured to create at least one object item, the at least one object item at least partially constituting a model of the at least one three-dimensional object. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A system for use in design of a space, comprising:
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computer storage media configured to store digital representations of items configured to fit within the space;
a user interface configured to receive user selections of one or more of the items;
a fabrication device operative to receive the digital representations of the user selected items and responsive to the received digital representations to produce three dimensional objects representative of the items;
a placement device configured to place the produced three dimensional objects in the space; and
an imaging system aligned to capture a representation of the space and the three dimensional items placed in the space. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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