Patent ID: 9679085
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: B25J,B29C,B33Y,G05B,G06F

Claim:
1. A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform a method comprising: obtaining a data file that includes print instructions for instructing a three dimensional printer to print a three dimensional object, wherein the data file describes external surfaces of the object; providing user instructions for positioning a preformed structure so that the three dimensional printer can print the object around the preformed structure, wherein the preformed structure has a size and a shape to be subsumed within the external surfaces of the object; modifying the print instructions so that the printer will print the object around the preformed structure; and instructing the three dimensional printer to print material around the preformed structure using the modified print instructions to form the object.