Patent ID: 9643362
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: B29C,G05B

Claim:
1. In a computing environment, a method for transforming a three-dimensional model into instructions for a fabrication device, the method performed at least in part on at least one processor, the method comprising: computing a color value corresponding to at least a portion of at least one partition of the three-dimensional model; determining an amount of a colored material to deposit for a geometry corresponding to the at least one partition, the colored material corresponding to the computed color value; defining a plurality of addressable units for the at least one partition as voxelized data based on the determined amount of the colored material for the geometry, the voxelized data including information corresponding to the geometry, the information corresponding to the geometry including color information, material information, lighting information, and texture information; and generating an instruction set comprising coordinated instructions corresponding to a controller using the voxelized data to fabricate the at least one partition, the coordinated instructions comprising inserting a first colored plastic filament and a second colored plastic filament into a mixing chamber to generate the colored material, wherein the controller controls the fabrication device to fabricate the at least one partition.