Patent Document ID: 20140253550
Application ID: 13792655
Patent Status: 0

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 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 associated with the 3D model 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 and on the second grid that is a pre-determined distance from a first boundary of the second grid; and identifying a connection location on the first slice and on the second slice that corresponds to the first location on the first grid and the second grid, wherein the first slice and the second slice are to be connected at the connection location.