A method for design for additive manufacturing rules formulation through Spatio-temporal process discretization

Additive Manufacturing (AM) has many advantages, but the lack of access to knowledge associated with it minimises its development in industry. The design phase is crucial for success AM, a challenge Design (DfAM) methods therefore facilitate and manipulation this knowledge. This transfer can be achieved by formalising rules at all scales, communicating them designer appropriate phase. It hence necessary find way formalise information time, space space-time dimensions since AM process that places material layer layer. concept mereotopology used study relationships connection interaction between parts, wholes boundaries, may suitable resource DfAM along these three dimensions. aim paper will present method searching formulating guidelines based on discretisation enabled mereotopology. consists decomposition 3D model into features which spatial, temporal spatio-temporal interactions are studied. Simultaneously, analysis manufactured defects printed version allows link manufacturing configuration spatial elements. Once configurations have been linked, formulated then validated or invalidated according their recurrence different models same material. could integrated industry take advantage order add data statistical study.