Patent ID: 9588726
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: B33Y,G06F,G06Q,G06T,H04N

Claim:
1. A method for routing object data that defines a three-dimensional (3D) object to a 3D printer, the method comprising: receiving, at a server, the object data; determining, by a printability indexer, object attributes associated with the 3D object defined by the object data, wherein the determined object attributes include a score that represents a structural integrity of the object, wherein determining the score further comprises determining one or more locations of the 3D object that are the thinnest and one or more angles at which surfaces converge; searching, by a printability indexer, a database that stores 3D printer attributes for one or more 3D printers capable of printing objects, wherein at least some of the one or more 3D printers are capable of printing objects having a first structural integrity score and other printers are incapable of printing objects having the first structural integrity score; if one or more capable printers are identified: