Patent ID: 11872767
Assignee: ALLOYED LIMITED
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 16:
17. A data processing system for generating tool path data to be followed by an additive manufacturing apparatus when manufacturing a physical object, the system comprising processing circuitry configured to perform a method of generating tool path data, the processing circuitry being configured to:
provide object design data in which an elongate structural feature of the physical object is represented by a line together with a specified thickness for the line;
discretize the line to generate a first layer point that lies within a first build layer of the additive manufacturing apparatus and a second layer point that lies within a second build layer of the additive manufacturing apparatus;
project the second layer point to a projected layer point that lies within the first build layer of the additive manufacturing apparatus; and
connect the first layer point to the projected layer point to provide tool path data to be followed by the additive manufacturing apparatus when depositing or solidifying material for the first build layer of the additive manufacturing apparatus.