Abstract: A method of making a three-dimensional object from an object geometry data file that includes (a) slicing said object geometry data file to produce a rasterized image sequence file; (b) generating a signed distance field from said object geometry data file; (c) selecting, from a library of procedural texture functions, a procedural texture function defining a continuous internal or external set of features; (d) modifying said rasterized image sequence to include said internal or external set of features based on said signed distance field to thereby produce a modified image sequence file; and then (e) producing said three-dimensional object by additive manufacturing from said modified image sequence file, said three-dimensional object having said selected internal feature included therein and/or external feature included thereon.

Abstract: An integrated additive manufacturing system includes: a processor; a data repository including a database configured to record part configuration data for a part produced by the integrated additive manufacturing system; an additive manufacturing machine configured to manufacture a part through additive manufacturing; and a memory coupled to the processor. The memory includes computer readable program code that when executed by the processor causes the processor to perform operations including: obtaining a part image sequence including instructions for additively manufacturing the part on the additive manufacturing system; generating a unique identifier associated with the part; and modifying the part image sequence to create a merged image sequence including instructions for generating a manufactured part on the additive manufacturing machine with a representation of the unique identifier contained on or within the manufactured part.

Abstract: A method of making a three-dimensional object from an object geometry data file that includes (a) slicing said object geometry data file to produce a rasterized image sequence file; (b) generating a signed distance field from said object geometry data file; (c) selecting, from a library of procedural texture functions, a procedural texture function defining a continuous internal or external set of features; (d) modifying said rasterized image sequence to include said internal or external set of features based on said signed distance field to thereby produce a modified image sequence file; and then (e) producing said three-dimensional object by additive manufacturing from said modified image sequence file, said three-dimensional object having said selected internal feature included therein and/or external feature included thereon.