Advanced Pathing for Additive Manufacturing

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Abstract

In Additive Manufacturing (AM), slicing is the process of dividing a solid body CAD (computer aided design) object into layers by "slicing"the object with a horizontal plane. After the object is cut into layers, toolpaths can be planned for each layer and exported as g-code in a text file that a 3D printer can read. The basic slicing process has been around for many years and has been optimized such that simple models can be sliced in under ten seconds. As 3D printers evolve and new hardware capabilities are developed, advanced software solutions are needed to create the toolpaths to support these systems. This demo will outline four advanced pathing solutions for additive manufacturing including site specific control meshes, adding a degree of freedom to the pathing, real-time control with augmented reality, and automated DXF (drawing exchange format) slicing and packing.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - SCF 2022 - 7th Annual ACM Symposium on Computational Fabrication
EditorsStephen N. Spencer
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery, Inc
ISBN (Electronic)9781450398725
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 26 2022
Event7th Annual ACM Symposium on Computational Fabrication, SCF 2022 - Seattle, United States
Duration: Oct 26 2022Oct 28 2022

Publication series

NameProceedings - SCF 2022 - 7th Annual ACM Symposium on Computational Fabrication

Conference

Conference7th Annual ACM Symposium on Computational Fabrication, SCF 2022
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySeattle
Period10/26/2210/28/22

Funding

This material is based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Office of Advanced Manufacturing, under contract number DE-AC05-00OR22725.

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