Patent ID: 11934761
Assignee: X DEVELOPMENT LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 10:
11. A method for creating a fabricable segmented design for a physical device, the method comprising:
receiving, by a computing system, a design specification;
determining, by the computing system, a proposed segmented design based on the design specification, wherein the proposed segmented design includes a plurality of segments, wherein each segment of the plurality of segments includes an indication of a material for the segment, wherein the proposed segmented design includes lattice members and lattice voids, and wherein a size of the lattice members and a size of the lattice voids are greater than a size of the segments and are greater than or equal to at least one of a minimum feature width and a minimum feature spacing of a fabrication system;
simulating, by the computing system, performance of the proposed segmented design;
determining, by the computing system, a structural gradient based on the simulated performance of the proposed segmented design;
choosing, by the computing system, one or more lattice members and lattice voids to change based on the structural gradient to cause the performance of the proposed segmented design to improve; and
changing, by the computing system, the chosen one or more lattice members and lattice voids of the proposed segmented design, thereby creating an improved segmented design.