Method for generating and building support structures with deposition-based digital manufacturing systems

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8983643
APP PUB NO 20110178621A1
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12687996

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A method for generating data for a support structure to be built with a deposition-based digital manufacturing system, the method comprising generating a convex hull polygon based on a boundary polygon of a layer of the support structure, offsetting the convex hull polygon inward, offsetting the boundary polygon outward, and generating an intersection boundary polygon based at least in part on the offset boundary polygon and the offset convex hull polygon.

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  • STRATASYS, INC.

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Heide, Erik K Eden Prairie, US 5 159

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