Patent Document ID: 20160303803
Application ID: 14686015
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A 3D printing system comprising: an interface; a database; a production planning system in communication with the interface and the database and configured to receive a model provided by a user, the model including a plurality of pieces; and a multi-part counting system in communication with the production planning system and configured to: receive, from the production planning system, the user-provided model; calculate a bounds of the user-provided model; perform a first test on each of the plurality of pieces of the model to determine if each piece can escape the bounds of the model individually in relation to each other piece of the plurality of pieces in the model; perform a second test on each of the plurality of pieces of the model to determine if each piece can escape the bounds of the model simultaneously in relation to all other pieces of the plurality of pieces in the model; and output, based on the first test and the second test, a determination of different discrete and interlocking parts in the model to the production planning system.