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FORMING METHOD, FORMING SYSTEM, AND FORMING APPARATUS

  • US 20180036951A1
  • Filed: 07/25/2017
  • Published: 02/08/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A forming method for forming a three-dimensional object, the method comprising:

  • a cross-section data generating step of, based on model data representing the object to be formed, generating a plurality of pieces of cross-section data respectively representing cross-sections of the object to be formed that are different from each other in position in a predetermined cross-section arrangement direction in which the cross-sections are arranged; and

    a formation executing step of discharging build materials respectively based on the plurality of pieces of cross-section data so as to form the object,wherein when at least a portion of the object is to be colored,the plurality of pieces of cross-section data generated in the cross-section data generating step comprise a plurality of pieces of colored region data respectively representing cross-sections of a colored region of the object that is to be colored based on a color of a surface of the object, each of the cross-sections of the colored region corresponding to the colored portion at least on a surface of each of the cross-sections of the colored region,the formation executing step comprises forming the colored region using the build materials based on the colored region data, the build materials each comprising a coloring build material,the model data represents the color of the surface of the object in a multi-level gradation, andeach of the plurality of pieces of colored region data generated in the cross-section data generating step represents a color in a lower level of gradation than the multi-level gradation of the color of the surface of the object represented in the model data, the lower level of gradation being obtained by reducing the multi-level gradation.

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