A Novel Rapid Manufacturing Process for Metal Lattice Structure

. 2021 Apr 19;8(2):111–125. doi: 10.1089/3dp.2020.0184

Input:
Output: 3D Lattice Structure Vertices

L V

Continuous bending path

T P

T V \leftarrow N u l l

T P \leftarrow N u l l

F L \leftarrow 0

C P \in {1, 2, 3, 4}

5 for i = 1 to size^{(LV) $- 1$}

T V_{i} \leftarrow \vec{L V_{i} L V_{i + 1}}

_{//toolpath vector}

T V \leftarrow T V \cup T V_{i}

7 end

8 for i = 1 to size^{(TV) $- 1$}

F L \leftarrow \relax \hbox {\relax \special {t4ht= }}∥ T V_{i}\relax \hbox {\relax \special {t4ht= }} ∥

_{//wire feed length}

θ \leftarrow a n g l e (T V_{i}, T V_{i + 1})

_{//bend angle}

C A \leftarrow C o n t r o l A x i s (T V, F L, θ)

_{//control axis selection}

T P \leftarrow T P \cup \{F L, C A\}

13 end

14 return

T P