/Maps To Encode Displacements In Digital 3d Model
Abstract

According to examples, a processor may identify locations on a digital 3D model of an object corresponding to positions at which features are to be added to the object. For each of a plurality of locations of the identified locations, the processor may identify displacements of each of a plurality of patch points around the location from the surface of the digital 3D model. The processor may also create a map of the digital 3D model that encodes the identified displacements of the patch points around the locations, in which a 3D fabrication system is to fabricate the object to include the plurality of features based on the digital 3D model and the created map.

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What is claimed is:

According to examples, a processor may identify locations on a digital 3D model of an object corresponding to positions at which features are to be added to the object. For each of a plurality of locations of the identified locations, the processor may identify displacements of each of a plurality of patch points around the location from the surface of the digital 3D model. The processor may also create a map of the digital 3D model that encodes the identified displacements of the patch points around the locations, in which a 3D fabrication system is to fabricate the object to include the plurality of features based on the digital 3D model and the created map.
Timeline
Filed
04/19/2026
Published
08/06/2026
Granted
Not Available
IPC Codes(4)
G06T 17/20:Wire-frame description, e.g. polygonalisation or tessellation
B29C 64/386:Data acquisition or data processing for additive manufacturing
B33Y 50/00:Data acquisition or data processing for additive manufacturing