This invention disclosure proposes a method for generating a reduced size mesh from a printresolution
mesh received in a 3D printer. The 3D printer receives the content to be printed by means
of triangle meshes. To be able to provide the required printing resolution, the number of triangles
conforming the 3D part can be quite high, leading to high memory and processing requirements
when aiming to manipulate the model. Previewing the 3D model of the part on the printer control
panel can lead to a non-responsive User interface and even impact the performance of the printer
firmware because there is no limit specified on the number of triangles that the original mesh can
have. This invention disclosure presents a method to generate a visualization mesh that has a lower
resolution than the original mesh received by the printer. This is accomplished by reducing the
number of triangles in the meshes which allows the control panel of the printer to smoothly display
the original shape and appearance of the 3D parts. In addition to that, these generated meshes will
also be used to create lower size files that can be transferred between units (e.g. Printing Unit, Build
Unit and Processing Station Unit).
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INC, HP, "A METHOD TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF TRIANGLES OF A MESH TO ALLOW ITS FLUENT VISUALIZATION IN A 3D PRINTER CONTROL PANEL", Technical Disclosure Commons, (May 14, 2019)