ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,982, issued on Jan. 13.
"Method for automated 3D print quality assessment and redesign" was invented by Rahul Rai (East Amherst, N.Y.) and Prakhar Jaiswal (Buffalo, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Shape diameter-based approaches to identifying and correcting 2D slices of 3D models (or the 3D models themselves) are provided for improved manufacturability. Using the present approaches, critical error-prone regions in 2D slices or 3D models can be identified, including thin extrusions and bridges, sharp corners, small holes, and narrow intrusions. The areas of these regions can be computed and used to quantify the printability of th...