Patent Document ID: 9754412
Application ID: 13792655
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A computer-implemented method for identifying locations on two slices associated with a three-dimensional (3D) model where the two slices are configured to be connected, the method comprising: determining that a first slice associated with the 3D model is to be connected to a second slice associated with the 3D model, wherein the first slice and the second slice comprise consecutive slices to be fabricated from one or more sheets of a manufacturing material and resulting from the 3D model being sliced along at least one axis; generating a first grid associated with the first slice and a second grid associated with a second slice; identifying a first location on the first grid; identifying a second location on the second grid that is a pre-determined distance from a first boundary of the second grid; identifying a first connection location on the first slice that corresponds to the first location on the first grid and a second connection location on the second slice that corresponds to the second location on the second grid; and associating both of the first connection location and the second connection location with the same unique identifier, wherein the first slice and the second slice are configured to be connected at the first connection location and the second connection location, wherein identifying the first location on the first grid comprises overlaying the first grid on the second grid, and identifying a first cell of the first grid that overlaps with a second cell of the second grid and is the pre-determined distance from the first boundary, wherein the first cell and the second cell correspond to the first location.