Patent ID: 11947334
Assignee: AUTODESK, INC.
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  B  Y | IPC B  G

Claim 44:
45. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 43, wherein the operations comprise:
identifying (i) stress levels, (ii) ease of formation or removal of supporting material, (iii) ability to support or inhibit material formation during fabrication, and/or (iv) visibility of a hole for aesthetic considerations, in different regions of the three dimensional topology of the hollow structure; and
determining locations for one or more holes in the three dimensional topology of the hollow structure, for formation or removal of support material used during manufacturing, based on the identified (i) stress levels, (ii) ease of formation or removal of supporting material, (iii) ability to support or inhibit material formation during fabrication, and/or (iv) visibility of the hole for aesthetic considerations, for a subset of the different regions as compared to remaining regions.