3D Printing Job Editor for Workflow Visualization Design and Implementation

Abstract:

This paper presents design and development of a viewing and editing tool, namely 3DPJ Editor, for Workflow visualization of 3D Print Job files. 3D Print Job (3DPJ) is an XML based format for 3D Printing job purposed to enable automation and integration of multiple vendor systems in a 3D Printing manufacture environment. The paper also shows preliminary 3DPJ format for further development of 3D Printing manufacture community with multiple vendors. The 3DPJ Format tries to separate content information and meta-data of 3D Print Jobs, in order to integrate different processes into one standard 3D Printing Workflow. The complete specification of 3DPJ should be further complex and comprehensive, and it should be gradually adopted by major 3D Printer vendors.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 644-650)
• Pages: 2661-2665
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.644-650.2661
• Online since: September 2014
• Authors: Hao Yin, Guang Xue Chen*
• Keywords: 3D Printing, Visualization, Workflow, XML

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