20140300017 | ADDITIVE FABRICATION SUPPORT STRUCTURES - Some aspects provide a method of generating a support structure for an object, the support structure and the object to be fabricated via one or more additive fabrication techniques, comprising identifying one or more regions of the object as one or more regions to which mechanical support is to be provided, identifying one or more support points within at least a first region of the one or more regions, and generating the support structure for the object, the support structure comprising one or more support tips coupled to the object at the one or more support points, the support tips being generated based at least in part on a direction normal to the surface of the object at the respective support point. | 10-09-2014 |
20140303942 | ADDITIVE FABRICATION SUPPORT STRUCTURES - Some aspects provide a method for evaluating a support structure associated with a three-dimensional object, the support structure and object to be fabricated via one or more additive fabrication techniques, comprising obtaining a representation of the support structure, wherein the support structure is configured to provide mechanical support to at least a first region of the object, calculating a supportedness value for the first region of the object, the supportedness value being indicative of a degree of support that the support structure provides to the first region, depicting the support structure and/or the object via a graphical user interface, and indicating the supportedness value for the first region of the object by coloring a portion of the graphical user interface using one or more colors, at least one of the one or more colors being based at least in part on the supportedness value. | 10-09-2014 |