METHOD AND ASSEMBLY FOR GENERATING CONTROL DATA FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT BY MEANS OF AN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING METHOD

摘要

A method of generating control data for a manufacture of a three-dimensional object comprises the following steps: identifying surface data in a computer-based model of said object that correspond to a surface of the object, which is destined to get into contact with the fluid, determining the flow path adjacent a portion of said surface in said computer-based model modifying said computer-based model such that support structure data are added to the model, said data specifying a support structure designed to be in contact with said portion of said at least one surface during the manufacture of said object, wherein said support structure data are added to the model such that at least one contact region between the support structure and said portion will essentially extend in parallel to the flow path adjacent said portion, preferably deriving control data for the manufacture of the object from the modified model.