The Model of Ceramic Surface Image Based on 3D Printing Technology

Abstract

With the rapid development of the new manufacturing industry, 3D printing technology continues to make new technological breakthroughs, and new works emerge in the manufacturing, medical, construction, military, and other application fields. However, for ceramic materials, there are still many problems to be solved in 3D printing. In this study, a dual-scale lightweight interactive model based on lofted surface and periodic parameter curve embedding is proposed for ceramic 3D printing. Users can model and manufacture lofted surfaces with small-scale geometric textures. For the two closed curves entered by the user, the intermediate section sampling points are generated by interpolation between them, and the shape of the current surface is adjusted under ceramic 3D printing manufacturing constraints such as no support and path non-interference. complete large-scale surface modeling based on lofted surfaces. Then the straight line path between the sampling points is replaced by a periodic curve path, and the small-scale geometric texture modeling is completed by adjusting the period and amplitude of the curve function. Finally, each section sampling point is spirally connected layer by layer and directly generats a single continuous printing path and manufacture. The experimental results show that the tool provides users with sufficient modeling space and high efficiency of model generation and effectively generates G-code files with textured lofted surfaces that can directly print ceramic 3D. It can also avoid the collision between printer nozzles and printing models and can be directly used in 3D printing and manufacturing based on clay materials.