Fig 1.
The principle of AM slicing algorithm.
Fig 2.
A: Ship. B: Vase. C: Dice.
Fig 3.
Storage structure.
Fig 4.
Staircase effect.
Fig 5.
Intersection of sliced surface and STL model.
Fig 6.
Relationship between angle and layer thickness.
Fig 7.
Triangular patches intersect with the slicing plane.
A: General case. B: Special case.
Fig 8.
Cross-sectional profile of the dice.
A: Contours at height 3. B: Contours at height 5.
Fig 9.
The angle diagram of adjacent triangular facets.
Fig 10.
Vertex normal vector.
Fig 11.
Algorithm flow chart.
Table 1.
Related parameters of six-DOF AM device.
Table 2.
Related parameters of surface roughness meter.
Fig 12.
A: Six-DOF AM device. B: Surface roughness meter.
Table 3.
Slicing data of the ship.
Table 4.
Slicing data of the vase.
Table 5.
Slicing data of the dice.
Fig 13.
A: ETSA(h = 0.1 mm). B: ETSA(h = 0.2 mm). C: ASANV. D: The proposed algorithm.
Fig 14.
A: ETSA(h = 0.1 mm). B: ETSA(h = 0.2 mm). C: ASANV. D: The proposed algorithm.
Fig 15.
A: ETSA(h = 0.1 mm). B: ETSA(h = 0.2 mm). C: ASANV. D: The proposed algorithm.
Table 6.
Experimental results of ship.
Table 7.
Experimental results of vase.
Table 8.
Experimental results of dice.
Fig 16.
A: Ship. B: Vase. C: Dice.
Fig 17.
Experimental results of ship.
Fig 18.
Experimental results of vase.
Fig 19.
Experimental results of dice.