THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL COLORIZATION DURING MODEL CONSTRUCTION FROM COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN DATA

摘要

A solid imaging printer for generating colorized three-dimensional models is disclosed. The solid imaging printer comprises a printerhead assembly having a plurality of compartments, wherein at least one of the compartments receives a model building material from an attached conduit, and each of at least three of the compartments retains a differently colored model building material for applying substantially to a surface of a model generated by the solid imaging printer. A controller for directing an application of the model building material and the differently colored model building materials for generating the model by a successive layering of the model building material and the differently colored model building materials. The controller accesses model defining information from at least one data file and directs each of the model building material and the differently colored model building materials to be jetted from the compartments on to the model as it is being generated, according to the model defining information. The differently colored model building materials are substantially deposited near or at an external surface of the generated model, and substantially an entire interior bulk of the model is provided by the model building material.