Methods, devices, and systems for part-to-build

1. A system comprising:

a part-to-build component, wherein the part-to-build component comprises a processor and an addressable memory, the processor configured to:

determine part data from a received at least one computer-aided design (CAD) file;

generate orientation data associated with the determined part data via an orientation component;

generate support data associated with the determined part data via a support generation component;

generate feature data associated with the determined part data via a feature type component; and

determine a part-to-build file based on: geometry data associated with the received at least one CAD file and at least one of: determined part data, generated orientation data, generated support data, and generated feature data; and

a job generating component wherein the job generating component comprises a processor and an addressable memory, the processor configured to:

generate a nesting matrix associated with a received determined part-to-build file via a nesting component;

generating slicing data based on the generated nesting matrix associated with the received determined part-to-build file;

determine a job file based on the generated nesting matrix and the generated slicing data, wherein the job file comprises data for operating a three-dimensional printer; and

output the job file to a three-dimensional printing machine for performing three-dimensional printing.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the part-to-build component processor is further configured to receive user input from a user interface.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the part data comprises data relating to geometric information of at least one part stored in the received CAD file.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the generation of support data is based on the generated orientation data.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the part-to-build component processor is further configured to receive surface recognition data related to the determined part data from an external surface recognition component.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the generation of feature data is based on the received surface recognition data and defines characteristic features of the determined part data.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the job generating component processor is further configured to receive user input from a user interface.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the generation of the nesting matrix is further based on the received user input.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the job file directs a three-dimensional printing machine to machine the part data contained within the job file.

10. A method comprising:

transmitting, by a computing device, a request to a three-dimensional (3D) printing machine for machine-specific data based on receiving job input data comprising data related to a desired build;

receiving, by the computing device, a part-to-build data, wherein the part-to-build data comprises: geometry data relating to at least one three-dimensional computer-aided design (CAD) file, and a set of manufacturing information data comprising at least one of: part orientation data, support structure data, and feature data;

determining, by the computing device, feature type data;

generating, by the computing device, exposure strategy data;

determining, by the computing device, nesting matrix data associated with the received part-to-build data; and

determining, by the computing device, slicing data based on the determined nesting matrix data associated with the received part-to-build data;

determining, by the computing device, a machine job file based on the generated exposure strategy data, determined nesting matrix data, and determined slicing data.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the manufacturing information data comprises: part orientation data, support structure data, and feature data.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the determination of feature type data is based on the feature data extracted from the received part-to-build data.

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein the generating of exposure strategy data is based on at least one of the determined feature type data and the requested and received machine-specific data.

14. The method of claim 10 , wherein the determining of nesting matrix data is based on the received job input data.

15. A device for generating a job file, the device comprising:

a processor and addressable memory, the processor configured to:

receive at least one computer-aided design (CAD) file;

determine part data from the at least one CAD file;

generate orientation data related to the determined part data;

generate support data related to the determined part data;

generate feature data related to the determined part data; and

generate a part-to-build file wherein the part-to-build file comprises:

geometry data related to the at least one CAD file and at least one of: part data, orientation data, support data, and feature data;

generate exposure strategy data based on the part-to-build file;

determine nesting matrix data associated with the generated part-to-build file;

determine slicing data based on the determined nesting matrix data associated with the generated part-to-build file; and

generate a job file based on the generated exposure strategy data, determined nesting matrix data, and determined slicing data.

16. The device of claim 15 , wherein the generation of support data is based on the generated orientation data.

17. The device of claim 15 , wherein the determination of slicing data is further related to the orientation data, support data, and feature data.

18. The device of claim 15 , wherein the determination of nesting matrix data is related to the received at least one CAD file.

19. The device of claim 15 , wherein the generation of the job file is further related to the geometry data in the part-to-build file.