CPC B29C 64/393 (2017.08) [B29C 64/112 (2017.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12)] | 16 Claims |
1. A method of rendering data for addressable dispensing of material over a working surface, the method comprising:
receiving input image data arranged grid-wise over a grid of picture-elements;
generating an initial map describing a distance field perpendicular to the working surface and having a plurality of map-elements each storing distance information corresponding to one picture-element;
for each picture-element of at least a portion of said picture-elements:
linearly scanning said map independently along a first axis and along a second axis, and updating a respective map-element based on values of map-elements visited during said scan, and designating a material to be dispensed based at least in part on said respective map-element, wherein said designating is according to a modulating function selected from the group consisting of a noise function, a simplex noise function, an open simplex noise function, a Worley noise function, a Perlin noise function, a wavelet noise function, a periodic function and an aperiodic function.
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