RP Slice Module

The RP Slice Module interfaces from Mimics to any kind of Rapid Prototyping system via sliced
formats. Moreover, RP Slice automatically calculates the support structures necessary to produce
the RP model.

A quick and accurate transfer of your segmentation directly to your RP machine

Working with sliced files allows the user to work with large files and to maintain high resolution. When creating the sliced
files, a cubic interpolation algorithm can be used to enhance the resolution of the RP model.
The perforated supports - a Materialise patented technology - that are created save material, are easier to clean and
can be built up to 4 times faster.

Sliced formats
The RP Slice Module achieves optimal accuracy in a very
short time by the direct conversion of the images to
several sliced machine file formats: SLI and SLC for 3D
Systems, CLI for Eos. High order interpolation algorithms
result in excellent surface reproduction from scan to
model.

Colour
RP Slice supports colour stereolithography: tumors, teeth
and teeth roots, nerve channels,… can be highlighted in
the RP model, giving it an extra dimension. Patient
information can be displayed by punched or coloured
labels.

Calculation parameters
RP Slice allows you to choose the layer thickness, slice
resolution and scale factor for the sliced files. Several
filters can be chosen, such as minimal segment length
filter, out of line distance and minimal contour length.
The sliced data can be saved in different formats:
Common Layer Interface Files (*.CLI), 3D Systems Layer
Interface Files (*.SLI) and 3D Systems Layer Contour
Files (*.SLC).

Support Generation
The Contour Support generator automatically calculates
the support structures for the sliced file formats (SLI, SLC
and CLI) needed in the production of the Rapid
Prototyping model. Not only is this a faster way of file
preparation, the patented perforated support structures
also build up to four times faster, consume less material
and are easier to clean than conventional supports.
(Patent Number US 5,595,703 - Patent Number DE 195 07 881 A1)

Support generation parameters

Several calculation parameters can be specified. RP Slice
gives you the possibility to choose the hatching space in
X and Y direction of your supports. This allows you to
choose the length and the angle of the perforation of the
supports, the maximum angle that can be built without
support and the starting and ending height of the
support.

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