Visual change cue for communicating manufacturing issues of a custom part

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8745517
APP PUB NO 20120316667A1
SERIAL NO

13157107

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Any issues associated with manufacture of a part are identified and highlighted on a part rendering. A software method and system then uses a visual change cue on the part rendering for communicating the manufacturability issues to the customer. The preferred visual change cue is a throbbing of the highlighting of the manufacturability issue, with the throbbing occurring in both color intensity and size. The part rendering depicts the part translucently, so throbbing manufacturability issues can be readily identified even if obscured behind a more-forward face of the part.

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PROTO LABS INC5540 PIONEER CREEK DRIVE MAPLE PLAIN MN 55359

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Hartloff, Matthew Plymouth, US 4 125

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