VC and ACIS/HOOPS Based Semi-Physical Virtual Prototype Design and Motion Simulation of 3D Printer

Shi Lin Wu; Xiang Yan Liu

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.437.267

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VC and ACIS/HOOPS Based Semi-Physical Virtual Prototype Design and Motion Simulation of 3D Printer

Abstract:

3D Printing is a widely used manufacturing method whose processing speed is very fast. This method is suitable for a variety of complex geometric structure in many application fields, and supports a variety of material types. At present, 3D printer is not only used in manufacturing, but also began to be used in education, architecture, design industries and so on. However, at home, there are less 3D printer manufacturers most of which are universities and research institutions, and price of 3D printer is relatively expensive. After analyzing how 3D printer works, this paper built 3D model of 3D printer and achieved printing simulation of STL model using two PCs basing on VC++ and ACIS/HOOPS. Two PCs communicate with each other through serial ports. One PC serves as host computer, on which controlling software runs, is responsible for loading the STL model, data processing, generating and sending printing commands and data to 3D printer. The other serves as slave computer, on which 3D printer simulation software runs, is responsible for receiving motion commands to control 3D printer to finish corresponding movements. Real-time rendering of 3D printer and human-computer interaction are achieved using rendering engine HOOPS. This method proposed in this paper adopted semi-physical virtual prototype technology, used real STL model to control virtual 3D printer to simulate 3D printing. It has no need for real 3D printer and is of important practical significance for debugging software of 3D printer.

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Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 437)

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267-270

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October 2013

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Shi Lin Wu, Xiang Yan Liu*

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3D Printing, ACIS/HOOPS, Semi-Physical Virtual Prototyping, Simulation, STL Model

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