3D Shaping Data Combining for Idle Margin Reduction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional 3D shaping systems are inefficient as they require significant time to complete each job, and the inability to combine multiple jobs with large margins into one job leads to idle time and inefficient use of shaping devices.
Innovation Solution
An information processing device that generates shaping data for 3D printers, combining multiple shaping data sets to fill margin regions within the shaping device's capacity, allowing for unified shaping data transmission and efficient object creation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If multiple jobs with large margins are processed separately, then each job can be completed with proper margin regions, but the shaping device experiences idle time and reduced productivity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple shaping jobs into a single composite shaping data set. The shaping data combiner merges multiple individual shaping data (each with their own margin regions) into one integrated shaping data that utilizes the entire shaping table area, eliminating idle margin regions and improving device productivity while maintaining proper margins around each shaped object.
2Manufacturing precision
If jobs are processed one at a time, then each job receives full attention and proper margin regions are maintained, but the total shaping time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables continuous utilization of the shaping device by combining multiple jobs into one composite shaping data. This allows the shaping device to operate continuously without idle time between jobs, as the combined shaping data fills the entire shaping table area, thereby reducing total shaping time while maintaining shaping quality through proper margin region preservation in the combined data.
3Ease of operation
If the shaping table area is not fully utilized, then each job can be processed independently with adequate margins, but the device capacity is underused
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple independently processed jobs into a single composite shaping data set that fully utilizes the shaping table area. The shaping data combiner intelligently arranges multiple jobs within the available space, eliminating unused margin regions and maximizing device capacity utilization while preserving the independence of each individual job's margin requirements.
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AI summary
A shaping data combining process of an external PC to which 3D data indicating a shaped object shaped by a 3D printer is input for each 3D job includes: a step of generating shaping data based on the 3D job, a step of combining a plurality of shaping data to generate combined shaping data to fill a margin region where the shaping of the shaped object is not performed with respect to a shapeable region of the 3D printer, and a step of transmitting the combined shaping data to the 3D printer.