Patents by Inventor Erik Heide

Erik Heide has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method for optimizing spatial orientations of computer-aided design models
    Publication number: 20070233298
    Abstract: A method and system for building one or more three-dimensional objects, where the method includes providing a computer-aided design model of a three-dimensional object having an initial spatial orientation in a coordinate system, and determining an optimal spatial orientation of the computer-aided design model in the coordinate system based on one or more criteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2006
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Applicant: Stratasys, Inc.
    Inventors: Erik Heide, Donald Holzwarth