A method for forming a scene into a floor mat or floor liner, comprising the steps of: receiving a digital image comprised of a plurality of pixels, each pixel having an initial pixel value and a relative position in the digital image; assigning either a first value or a second value to each pixel according to the initial pixel value of each pixel; creating a mold having a surface with a plurality of raised portions, wherein the relative shape, dimension, and position of each raised portion, with respect to each other raised portion, is defined by the relative position, within the digital image, of at least one pixel having the assigned first value.

A 3D object according to the invention comprises substrate layers infiltrated by a hardened material. The 3D object is fabricated by a method comprising the following steps: Position powder on all or part of a substrate layer. Repeat this step for the remaining substrate layers. Stack the substrate layers. Transform the powder into a substance that flows and subsequently hardens into the hardened material. The hardened material solidifies in a spatial pattern that infiltrates positive regions in the substrate layers and does not infiltrate negative regions in the substrate layers. In a preferred embodiment, the substrate is carbon fiber and excess substrate is removed by abrasion.

A 3D object according to the invention comprises substrate layers infiltrated by a hardened material. The 3D object is fabricated by a method comprising the following steps: Position powder on all or part of a substrate layer. Repeat this step for the remaining substrate layers. Stack the substrate layers. Transform the powder into a substance that flows and subsequently hardens into the hardened material. The hardened material solidifies in a spatial pattern that infiltrates positive regions in the substrate layers and does not infiltrate negative regions in the substrate layers. In a preferred embodiment, the substrate is carbon fiber and excess substrate is removed by abrasion.

The present invention relates to a 3D printer outputting method for mounting electrical components, the method comprising a step of generating a structure forming unit structures and a step of positioning component objects on the structure. The positions of the component objects can be changed by using a coordinate system. In mounting a component object (20) on a structure (10), a coordinate system (140) is used to check for colliding or overlapping portions of the component object and to determine whether the component object (20) is supported by unit structures (15), and the merits of 3D are used to rearrange the colliding or overlapping portions or portions, that are not supported, into other dimensions. In addition, in order to automatically insert an actual component object (20), the component object is picked up by a well-known pickup device (30), and the time point and position at which a second component object (20′) is to be inserted in the first component object (20) are predetermined.

A three-dimensional object printer varies the finish in exposed surfaces of a printed object. The printer includes a controller operatively connected to at least two ejector heads, a leveling device, a curing device, and an actuator that is operatively connected to a member to which the at least two ejector heads, the leveling device, and the curing device are mounted. The controller is configured to detect a next layer to be formed being within a predetermined number of layers before an exposed surface is formed, to modify rendered data for the layers within the predetermined number of layers received from the source of rendered data, and to operate a plurality of ejectors in the at least two ejector heads with reference to the modified rendered data to apply a finish to the exposed surface.

A three-dimensional object printer varies the finish in exposed surfaces of a printed object. The printer includes a controller operatively connected to at least two ejector heads, a leveling device, a curing device, and an actuator that is operatively connected to a member to which the at least two ejector heads, the leveling device, and the curing device are mounted. The controller is configured to detect a next layer to be formed being within a predetermined number of layers before an exposed surface is formed, to modify rendered data for the layers within the predetermined number of layers received from the source of rendered data, and to operate a plurality of ejectors in the at least two ejector heads with reference to the modified rendered data to apply a finish to the exposed surface.

Examples of methods are described. In some examples, a method may include printing a first solid material phase region. In some examples, the method may include printing a second solid material phase region distanced from the first solid material phase region. In some examples, the method may include printing a plurality of distanced beams, each having a thickness that is not more than one millimeter, to form a weak material phase region between the first solid material phase region and the second solid material phase region. In some examples, the weak material phase region has a volumetric density less than one.

A device for producing a three-dimensional shaped object, including a substrate part having a base surface for holding the shaped object, a first reservoir for holding a flowable first material, a second reservoir for holding a flowable second material, a dispensing mechanism for dispensing material portions of the first material, a material application mechanism including an application roll and a coating mechanism for applying a second material layer of the second material, and a fixation mechanism for solidifying the material layers composed of the first material and the second material. The transfer body rotates about an axis of rotation disposed parallel to the base surface, the dispensing mechanism and the application roll r relative to the substrate part about an axis disposed normal to the base surface, the application roll is conical, and an axis of rotation of the application roll intersects the axis disposed normal to the base surface.

A device for producing a three-dimensional shaped object, including a substrate part having a base surface for holding the shaped object, a first reservoir for holding a flowable first material, a second reservoir for holding a flowable second material, a dispensing mechanism for dispensing material portions of the first material, a material application mechanism including an application roll and a coating mechanism for applying a second material layer of the second material, and a fixation mechanism for solidifying the material layers composed of the first material and the second material. The transfer body rotates about an axis of rotation disposed parallel to the base surface, the dispensing mechanism and the application roll r relative to the substrate part about an axis disposed normal to the base surface, the application roll is conical, and an axis of rotation of the application roll intersects the axis disposed normal to the base surface.

The present invention relates to an animal model with ischemic heart disease, by a 3-dimensional bioprinted occluder and method for producing the same.