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Fabrication of materials with desired characteristics from base materials having determined characteristics

  • US 9,623,608 B2
  • Filed: 10/21/2013
  • Issued: 04/18/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, using a computer, for generating a recipe for generating a physical object, the method comprising:

  • determining material characteristics of a plurality of base materials;

    determining a set of characteristics of a target object, wherein one of the set of characteristics is affected by a material property of at least one material in the target object;

    generating a model of the physical object;

    calculating locations of a plurality of the base materials in the model of the physical object, wherein the plurality of locations are calculated to approximate the desired set of characteristics of the target object when some of the base materials are placed at the calculated locations; and

    outputting instructions for generating an object from located portions of the plurality of base materials.

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