US Patent:
20180043634, Feb 15, 2018
Inventors:
- Schenectady NY, US
Jerod Curtis KRUSE - Dayton OH, US
Johnny DELEON - Dayton OH, US
Cory RIFFE - Columbus OH, US
International Classification:
B29C 67/00
B33Y 80/00
B33Y 50/02
B33Y 10/00
B33Y 30/00
Abstract:
The present disclosure generally relates to methods for additive manufacturing (AM) that utilize a computer aided design (CAD) model of a part to develop a layer representation of the part. The method includes: determining a build layer thickness of an additive manufacturing apparatus; identifying a feature of the part within the model; determining that the feature is not aligned along the z-axis based on the build layer thickness; and moving the feature within the model along the z-axis by a feature offset such that the feature is aligned along the z-axis.