Patent ID: 9724878
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: B25J,B29C,B29L,B33Y,B62D,G05B

Claim:
1. A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium that is not a transitory signal having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor to: print, using a three-dimensional printer, a first layer of a three-dimensional object onto a surface that is not part of the three-dimensional printer, wherein the first layer is printed while a printing platform of the three dimensional printer is in a first position; print, using the three-dimensional printer, a first layer of a scaffold separate from the first layer of the three-dimensional object; autonomously reposition the three-dimensional printer to be supported on the scaffold in a second position elevated above the first position; and print, using the three-dimensional printer, a second layer of the three-dimensional object onto the first layer of the three-dimensional object while the printing platform is in the second position.