Patent ID: 9122819
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: A43B,B29C,B33Y,G06F,G06T

Abstract:
1. A computerized method carried out by a computer running on a processor for creating a first three-dimensional (3-D) surface texture on at least a first shoe configuration using rapid manufacturing techniques, the method comprising: presenting a plurality of 3-D surface texture options on a user interface, each of the plurality of 3-D surface texture options associated with one of a plurality of 3-D surface textures configured to be applied to the first shoe configuration; receiving a selection of a first 3-D surface texture option of the plurality of 3-D surface texture options, the first 3-D surface texture option associated with a first 3-D surface texture; presenting a plurality of shoe configuration options on the user interface, the plurality of shoe configuration options associated with a plurality of shoe configurations; receiving a selection of a first shoe configuration option of the plurality of shoe configuration options, the first shoe configuration option associated with the first shoe configuration; presenting the first shoe configuration with the first 3-D surface texture applied to at least a portion of the first shoe configuration on the user interface; generating an augmented design file based at least on a 3-D shoe design data file, the received selection of the first 3-D surface texture, and the received selection of the first shoe configuration; and using the augmented data file to instruct a rapid manufacturing device to manufacture the first shoe configuration comprised of the first 3-D surface texture using a rapid manufacturing technique.