Abstract: A computer-implemented method is disclosed. The computer-implemented method comprises receiving data indicative of a post-manufacture treatment to be applied to a three-dimensional object following completion of a manufacturing process to generate the three-dimensional object; and determining, based on the received data indicative of the post-manufacture treatment, build parameters to be applied in respect of the manufacturing process. A manufacturing apparatus and a machine-readable medium are also disclosed.

Abstract: In an example, a method includes receiving, by at least one processor, object model data describing a geometry of at least part of at least one object to be generated using additive manufacturing. The object model data defines a first geometrical transformation to be applied to the object model data. It may be determined if a second geometrical transformation is to be applied to the object model data. If a second geometrical transformation is to be applied, the first and second geometrical transformations may be applied to the object model data to determine modified object model data. Otherwise, the first geometrical transformation may be applied to the object geometry to determine modified object model data.

Abstract: In an example, a method includes receiving, at least one processor, object model data representing at least a portion of a first object that is to be generated by an additive manufacturing apparatus by fusing build material within a fabrication chamber. An indication of an amount of fused build material in a region of the fabrication chamber which is to be below the region in which the first object is to be generated may be determined and a dimensional compensation value to apply to the object model data representing the first object may be determined based on the determined indication. The determined dimensional compensation value may be applied to the object model data to derive modified object model data.

Abstract: According to one example, there is provided a non-transitory computer-readable medium on which is stored computer-readable instructions that when executed by the computer cause the computer to obtain data relating to a set of objects generated by an object generation system, display using the obtained data a visualization of the set of objects, receive user input identifying a set of objects displayed in the visualization, supply, based on set of identified objects, obtained data, or data derived therefrom, to a post-processing module that is to process a set of objects corresponding to the set of identified objects.

Abstract: According to examples, a processor may identify locations on a digital 3D model of an object corresponding to positions at which features are to be added to the object. For each of a plurality of locations of the identified locations, the processor may identify displacements of each of a plurality of patch points around the location from the surface of the digital 3D model. The processor may also create a map of the digital 3D model that encodes the identified displacements of the patch points around the locations, in which a 3D fabrication system is to fabricate the object to include the plurality of features based on the digital 3D model and the created map.

Abstract: Information on assembly components to be printed by a three dimensional (3D) printer is accessed. Different assembly arrangements are determined based on the information to optimise three dimensional (3D) nesting.

Abstract: Examples include a method implemented in a three dimensional printing system wherein a print job comprising a plurality of parts to be printed is received. A part feature intended to be printed in a specific print mode is identified, wherein the specific print mode is customized for the part feature. The print job is executed using the specific print mode for the part feature. The use of the specific print mode is monitored.

Abstract: In an example, a method includes obtaining a plurality of models each representing an object to be generated in an additive manufacturing operation. In some examples the method further includes identifying a set of models of the plurality of models which represent instances of similar objects. The method may include determining whether the objects represented by the models of the set of models are to be generated relatively rotated with respect to one another. In some examples the method further includes, when the objects represented by the set of models are to be generated relatively rotated with respect to one another, providing an indication of the relative rotation.

Abstract: A method of processing merged 3D geometric information in a 3D printing system is described that receives a 3D object model file representing at least two physical 3D parts to be printed, wherein the 3D object model file comprises 3D geometric information for the at least two physical 3D parts, wherein the 3D geometric information is encoded as at least one logical 3D part, wherein at least one of the at least one logical 3D part comprises merged 3D geometric information for at least a subset of the at least two physical 3D parts. From the 3D object model file, a separate set of 3D geometric information for each of the at least two physical 3D parts is extracted and each separate set of 3D geometric information is processed individually before printing the physical 3D parts.

Abstract: Provided are a system, method and computer program product for generating three dimensional models for use by an additive manufacturing or 3D printing system, in which object model data defining one or more objects to be built by a three-dimensional printing apparatus is input and used to generate a three dimensional model for a protective structure to surround the one or more objects. A user is provided with selectable configuration options for the protective structure. The method includes presenting, via a user interface, selectable configuration options for a protective structure to be built around the one or more objects by the three-dimensional printing apparatus. In response to user selection of one or more configuration options via the user interface, a three dimensional model for the protective structure is automatically generated.

Abstract: In some examples, a system receives measurement data from measurements of first three-dimensional (3D) parts formed on a build bed of an additive manufacturing machine with different contone levels of a liquid agent, and determines, based on the measurement data, geometrical deviations of the first 3D parts from a baseline geometrical property. The system generates, based on the determined geometrical deviations, a model that correlates contone levels of the liquid agent to corresponding geometrical deviations, the model for use in an adjustment of the liquid agent based on a contone level adjustment to compensate for a geometrical deviation when building second 3D parts with the additive manufacturing machine or another additive manufacturing machine.

Abstract: A method comprises: determining, from build data comprising one or more build elements each of which is a representation of a portion of an object of one or more objects to be generated by an additive manufacturing system, a property of at least one build element of the one or more build elements; and determining, based on the property of the at least one build element, whether generating the one or more objects using the build data would result in generating the object with a generation defect.

Abstract: In an example implementation, a method of submitting 3D object models to a 3D printing system includes receiving a digital object model as a triangle mesh, and integerizing floating-point X, Y, Z, coordinate values of triangle vertices that define triangles of the triangle mesh. The method includes storing the digital object model in a 3D print file as an integerized triangle mesh comprising the integerized X, Y, Z, coordinate values, and then submitting the 3D print file with the integerized triangle mesh to the 3D printing system to produce the 3D object.

Abstract: In some examples, a system receives a first representation of structures to be combined for building a three-dimensional (3D) object by an additive manufacturing machine; and generates, based on the first representation, a second representation comprising voxels that represent the 3D object, the generation of the second representation comprising an evaluation of Boolean operations with respect to voxels in a voxel space to produce the second representation.

Abstract: In an example, mesh model data representing at least a portion of a print job to be generated by an additive manufacturing apparatus by solidifying build material is received at a processor. Using a processor and based on the mesh model data, it is validated whether the three-dimensional print job described by the mesh model data conforms with at least one of material-dependent shape constraints and apparatus-dependent shape constraints of the additive manufacturing apparatus. If the result of the validation is positive, the mesh model data is rendered, using a processor for manufacturing the three-dimensional print job by an additive manufacturing apparatus. If the result of the validation is negative, a predetermined action is performed.

Abstract: In an example, a method includes receiving, at a processor, an indication of a volume of a fabrication chamber and determining a characteristic of a build material for use in fabricating an object within the fabrication chamber. Based on the build material characteristic, a virtual object volume within the fabrication chamber may be determined, wherein the virtual object volume provides a virtual boundary within which to position virtual objects representing objects to be generated in the fabrication chamber.

Abstract: In an example, a method comprises dispensing a first print agent onto a layer of build material in an additive manufacturing apparatus. The additive manufacturing apparatus may have a first print bar and a second print bar. The method may comprise determining a pattern of a first print agent to be applied to a layer of build material, dispensing a first portion of the determined pattern of the first print agent onto the layer of build material from the first print bar and dispensing a second portion of the determined pattern onto the layer of build material from the second print bar.

Abstract: A method is described in which model data describing a three-dimensional object is received. A first offset is applied to a surface of the object, the first offset being applied to the model data. The model data is converted to voxel data, and a second offset is applied to the surface of the object, the second offset being applied to the voxel data.

Abstract: In an example a method comprises receiving at a processor, a digital model representing an object to be produced by additive manufacturing. The method may comprise receiving, at the processor, a selected location on a surface of the object, where a label is to be formed. The method may further comprise defining a label displacement map associated with the selected location, applying the label displacement map to the digital model, and rendering the digital model including the label displacement map into voxels for additive manufacturing.

Abstract: In an example, an apparatus comprises processing circuitry, the processing circuitry comprising: memory, to store a two-dimensional pixel representation of a layer of an object to be made in an additive manufacturing process and pixel information, the pixel information specifying pixels representing a surface of the object and colour for the pixels representing the surface; and an image processor, to generate a downscaled representation of the layer and to process the downscaled representation to propagate colour from pixels representing the surface of the object in the downscaled representation to neighbouring pixels representing an interior of the object in the downscaled representation.