A level set based method for fixing overhangs in 3D printing

DOI10.1016/J.APM.2017.02.004MaRDI QIDQ2284694zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Simone Cacace, Emiliano Cristiani, Leonardo Rocchi

Publication date 15 January 2020

Published in Applied Mathematical Modelling (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1409.1714

zbMATH Keywords

additive manufacturingfused deposition modellingHamilton-Jacobi equationslevel set methodscaffoldingsupport structure

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Numerical aspects of computer graphics, image analysis, and computational geometry (65D18) Computing methodologies for image processing (68U10) Mathematical modeling or simulation for problems pertaining to information and communication theory (94-10)

Abstract: 3D printers based on the Fused Decomposition Modeling create objects layer-by-layer dropping fused material. As a consequence, strong overhangs cannot be printed because the new-come material does not find a suitable support over the last deposed layer. In these cases, one can add some support structures (scaffolds) which make the object printable, to be removed at the end. In this paper we propose a level set method to create object-dependent support structures, specifically conceived to reduce both the amount of additional material and the printing time. We also review some open problems about 3D printing which can be of interests for the mathematical community.

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