Abstract: A shaping method is provided and includes: generating a slice data indicating a cross-section of a shaped object based on a shaped object data, and shaping the shaped object. In a shaped object data preparing step, the shaped object data including multiple pieces of part data is prepared. Each piece of the part data is data indicating at least an outer surface shape of a portion indicated by the part data and a color to be colored on an outer surface. In the slice data generating step, the slice data indicating a cross-section of the shaped object is generated by setting the color of each position of the cross-section corresponding to a portion indicated by each piece of the part data, and a color of an interior of the portion indicated by each piece of the part data is set based on a color set for the outer surface.

Abstract: This disclosure is directed to improving the precision of color reproducibility in a whole image region of any product provided with a base layer(s) regardless of any form of the base layer(s). The RIP (Raster Image Processor) device includes a color conversion processor that applies a color conversion process adapted for presence or absence of a base layer and for a base color to content data representing part or all of details of an image layer at a respective one of positions in an image region indicated by the image layer, and an image layer data generator that generates image layer data representing ejection-related information of ink droplets of a plurality of colors using the content data that has been subjected to the color conversion process.

Abstract: A three-dimensional object is made of curable ink and includes a color layer serving as an outer surface. The color layer includes color ink and clear ink filling a space between dots of the color ink. A rate of the color ink to the clear ink decreases toward an outer side. With this configuration, the clear ink ensures diffusion of light beams reflected by dots of the color ink in a portion close to the outer side of the color layer. This ensures improved granular texture on the surface of the three-dimensional object.

Abstract: Provided is a 3D data generating method of generating 3D data of a three-dimensional object combined with a solid object to obtain a target product. This method includes obtaining 3D data of the solid object (S101), generating 3D data of the target product (S102), and subtracting the 3D data obtained in S101 from the 3D data generated in S102 to generate 3D data of the three-dimensional object (S103).

Abstract: To provide a building system for building an object, including a building apparatus that ejects a material of the object, a data generation unit, and a control unit. The data generation unit generates ejection position designating data based on input data indicating the object in a format different from that of the ejection position designating data. During a time when the data generation unit performs an operation of generating the ejection position designating data, the control unit causes a head to form a plurality of material layers constituting at least a part of the object, and sets a layer forming start timing for starting to form the material layers so that the interlayer time does not exceed an upper limit time set in advance. Hence, appropriately building a high quality object.

Abstract: A building apparatus configured to build an object includes inkjet heads serving as a plurality of ejection heads, a scanning driver, and a maintenance unit configured to perform a maintenance of the inkjet head. The scanning driver allows a plurality of inkjet heads to perform at least a main scanning operation and allows the inkjet head to perform the main scanning operation multiple times until building of the object is completed. The maintenance unit performs the maintenance of the inkjet head in an interval between two successive main scanning operations and performs the predetermined maintenance for only part of a plurality of inkjet heads in each maintenance. Hence, building with high accuracy is performed more appropriately.

Abstract: Provided are a a non-transitory computer readable medium stored with a printing control program, a printing control device, and a printing control method that may reduce a length of time after a printing job is commenced and before another printing job starts to be executed in an inkjet printer. A printer control device includes a printing controller that prompts a 3D printer to perform a printing operation, and an interrupt time storing unit that stores an interrupt time of a printing job executed by the 3D printer when the printing job is interrupted by the printing controller. The printing controller restarts the printing job at the interrupt time stored by the interrupt time storing unit (S232). The printing controller prompts the 3D printer to execute another printing job after the printing job is interrupted and before the printing job interrupted is restarted.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable medium stored with a predicted value output program, a predicted value output device, and a predicted value output method that can improve an accuracy of a predicted value of a value related to printing by an ink jet printer are provided. A printer controller configured to acquire and output a predicted value of a print-related value as a value related to printing by a 3D printer from 3D model data used in the printing by the 3D printer according to a print-related value prediction rule acquires an actual value of the print-related value in the printing by the 3D printer using the 3D model data (S231), and corrects the print-related value prediction rule based on a corresponding relationship of the 3D model data and the actual value acquired in S231 (S232).

Abstract: An object shaping method is provided and includes: a data reading stage of reading a three-dimensional object data representing a three-dimensional object to be shaped, a slice data generating stage of generating a slice data representing a cross section of the three-dimensional object, and an object shaping stage of shaping the three-dimensional object in accordance with the slice data. In the slice data generating stage, pieces of slice data representing shapes and colors of the three-dimensional object at a plurality of different positions set in a layer-stacking direction are generated. A color adjustment process is executed at a time of generating the slice data associated with at least part of the plurality of different positions in the layer-stacking direction. The color adjustment process is a process for moderating variability of color appearance to the eye along an outer surface shape of the three-dimensional object shaped in the object shaping stage.

Abstract: Provided is a building apparatus configured to build a product, including: an ejection head having nozzles; a scan driver configured to control the ejection head to perform a main scanning operation; and a controller. When all the nozzles in the ejection head are normal nozzles, the controller controls the ejection head to perform the main scanning operation by setting the line density of a line formed by each of the nozzles to be a normal-condition density set in advance. When a defective nozzle in which an ejection amount is smaller than a standard range is present in the nozzles in the ejection head, the controller controls the ejection head to perform the main scanning operation by setting the line density of the line formed by any of the nozzles other than the defective nozzle to be higher than the normal-condition density in at least some of the main scanning operations.

Abstract: This disclosure is directed to improving the precision of color reproducibility in a whole image region of any product provided with a base layer(s) regardless of any form of the base layer(s). The RIP (Raster Image Processor) device includes a color conversion processor that applies a color conversion process adapted for presence or absence of a base layer and for a base color to content data representing part or all of details of an image layer at a respective one of positions in an image region indicated by the image layer, and an image layer data generator that generates image layer data representing ejection-related information of ink droplets of a plurality of colors using the content data that has been subjected to the color conversion process.

Abstract: A shaping device includes a shaping time calculating section configured to calculate a time duration required for shaping according to design data; a maintenance managing section configured to store information of a period until when an upcoming maintenance is to be performed; a message output determining section configured to compare a shaping time of a shaping target and the period until the upcoming maintenance when an instruction to start shaping is inputted, and to determine to output a message related to a maintenance when the shaping time is greater than the period until the upcoming maintenance; and a message output section configured to output the message related to the maintenance.

Abstract: Provided is a shaping method that allows an object to be shaped in a manner better suited to a shaping device used. The shaping method is a method for shaping an object having a surface colored at least in part. The shaping method includes a data generating step of generating shaping execution data representing the object in a format adapted for the shaping device, and a shaping step of shaping the object based on the shaping execution data using the shaping device and at least a plurality of materials having different colors for shaping.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable medium stored with a predicted value output program, a predicted value output device, and a predicted value output method that can improve an accuracy of a predicted value of a value related to printing by an ink jet printer are provided. A printer controller configured to acquire and output a predicted value of a print-related value as a value related to printing by a 3D printer from 3D model data used in the printing by the 3D printer according to a print-related value prediction rule acquires an actual value of the print-related value in the printing by the 3D printer using the 3D model data (S231), and corrects the print-related value prediction rule based on a corresponding relationship of the 3D model data and the actual value acquired in S231 (S232).

Abstract: Provided are a a non-transitory computer readable medium stored with a printing control program, a printing control device, and a printing control method that may reduce a length of time after a printing job is commenced and before another printing job starts to be executed in an inkjet printer. A printer control device includes a printing controller that prompts a 3D printer to perform a printing operation, and an interrupt time storing unit that stores an interrupt time of a printing job executed by the 3D printer when the printing job is interrupted by the printing controller. The printing controller restarts the printing job at the interrupt time stored by the interrupt time storing unit (S232). The printing controller prompts the 3D printer to execute another printing job after the printing job is interrupted and before the printing job interrupted is restarted.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable medium stored with a maintenance managing program, a maintenance managing device, a maintenance managing method, and a graphical user interface that can increase a possibility by which a maintenance of an inkjet printer is appropriately performed by a user. A printer controller includes a maintenance prompting section for prompting a user to perform a maintenance when an appropriate performing time as an appropriate performing time of the maintenance of a 3D printer 20 has come, and a display controlling section for controlling a display of a display device, and the display controlling section displays a “once a day” display area 151b, a “once a week” display area 151c, and a “once every half year” display area 151d, which indicate appropriate performing intervals of maintenances, and previous performing time display areas 153b, 154b, 155b, 156b and 157b, which indicate previous performing times of the maintenances, on the display device.

Abstract: A three-dimensional object is made of curable ink and includes a color layer serving as an outer surface. The color layer includes color ink and clear ink filling a space between dots of the color ink. A rate of the color ink to the clear ink decreases toward an outer side. With this configuration, the clear ink ensures diffusion of light beams reflected by dots of the color ink in a portion close to the outer side of the color layer. This ensures improved granular texture on the surface of the three-dimensional object.

Abstract: The shaping method for shaping a 3D object includes shaping execution data generating step of generating shaping execution data indicating the 3D object in a format corresponding to a shaping device; and shaping executing step of shaping the 3D object with the shaping device based on the shaping execution data, the 3D object being shaped using at least a shaping material of plural colors, wherein the shaping execution data generating step is a step of generating the shaping executing data based on 3D object data indicating the 3D object in which at least one part is colored, the shaping execution data being generated by at least carrying out color conversion using a shaping material profile or a profile corresponding to the shaping material of plural colors, and the color conversion being carried out using the plurality of shaping material profiles different from each other.

Abstract: A method includes an object segment forming step of forming a plurality of object segments and a joining step of joining the plurality of object segments to each other via joint surfaces. The object segment forming step includes forming a first object segment having an upper surface serving as a first joint surface and a second object segment having an upper surface serving as a second joint surface or forming the first object segment having a lower surface serving as the first joint surface and the second object segment having a lower surface serving as the second joint surface.

Abstract: To provide a three-dimensional object and a three-dimensional object manufacturing method that can facilitate handling compared to the conventional art even if the object is large. A three-dimensional object includes a frame and parts to be attached to the frame, where the parts each includes a tubular body interiorly formed with a cavity, and at least one part of the frame is arranged in the cavity.