Three-dimensional object data generation apparatus, three-dimensional object forming apparatus, and non-transitory computer readable medium
A three-dimensional object data generation apparatus includes an obtaining unit that obtains three-dimensional object data representing a three-dimensional object with plural voxels, for each of which a first attribute value is set, a setting unit that sets a three-dimensional threshold matrix in which thresholds are arranged in a three-dimensional space, an adjustment unit that adjusts a cycle of the three-dimensional threshold matrix in accordance with the first attribute values, and a calculation unit that calculates, for each of the plural voxels, a second attribute value using the first attribute value of the voxel and the three-dimensional threshold matrix whose cycle has been adjusted by the adjustment unit.
1. A three-dimensional object data generation apparatus comprising:
an obtaining unit that obtains three-dimensional object data representing a three-dimensional object with a plurality of voxels, for each of which a first attribute value is set;
a setting unit that sets a three-dimensional threshold matrix in which thresholds are arranged in a three-dimensional space;
an adjustment unit that adjusts a cycle of the three-dimensional threshold matrix in accordance with the first attribute values; and
a calculation unit that calculates, for each of the plurality of voxels, a second attribute value using the first attribute value of the voxel and the three-dimensional threshold matrix whose cycle has been adjusted by the adjustment unit,
wherein the adjustment unit adjusts the cycle of the three-dimensional threshold matrix in accordance with an adjustment coefficient for setting a degree of adjustment of the cycle of the three-dimensional threshold matrix.
2. The three-dimensional object data generation apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the adjustment coefficient is set for each of three axes of the three-dimensional space perpendicular to one another.
3. The three-dimensional object data generation apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a reception unit that receives the adjustment coefficient.
4. The three-dimensional object data generation apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein, in the three-dimensional threshold matrix, the thresholds are arranged in the three-dimensional space in accordance with a predetermined basic shape.
5. The three-dimensional object data generation apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the calculation unit switches the three-dimensional threshold matrix in accordance with the first attribute value.
6. A three-dimensional object forming apparatus comprising:
a forming unit that forms a three-dimensional object on a basis of three-dimensional object data generated by the three-dimensional object data generation apparatus according to claim 1 .
7. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program for generating three-dimensional object data, the program causing a computer to function as components of the three-dimensional object data generation apparatus according to claim 1 .
8. A three-dimensional object data generation apparatus comprising:
an obtaining unit that obtains three-dimensional object data representing a three-dimensional object with a plurality of voxels, for each of which a first attribute value is set;
a setting unit that sets a three-dimensional threshold matrix in which thresholds are arranged in a three-dimensional space;
an adjustment unit that adjusts a cycle of the three-dimensional threshold matrix in accordance with the first attribute values; and
a calculation unit that calculates, for each of the plurality of voxels, a second attribute value using the first attribute value of the voxel and the three-dimensional threshold matrix whose cycle has been adjusted by the adjustment unit,
wherein, in the three-dimensional threshold matrix, the thresholds are arranged in the three-dimensional space in accordance with a predetermined basic shape, and
wherein the thresholds include two different thresholds, namely a first threshold corresponding to the basic shape and a second threshold corresponding to a shape other than the basic shape.
9. A three-dimensional object data generation apparatus comprising:
an obtaining unit that obtains three-dimensional object data representing a three-dimensional object with a plurality of voxels, for each of which a first attribute value is set;
a setting unit that sets a three-dimensional threshold matrix in which thresholds are arranged in a three-dimensional space;
an adjustment unit that adjusts a cycle of the three-dimensional threshold matrix in accordance with the first attribute values; and
a calculation unit that calculates, for each of the plurality of voxels, a second attribute value using the first attribute value of the voxel and the three-dimensional threshold matrix whose cycle has been adjusted by the adjustment unit,
wherein, in the three-dimensional threshold matrix, the thresholds are arranged in the three-dimensional space in accordance with a predetermined basic shape, and
wherein the thresholds include various thresholds such that the thresholds gradually change from a threshold corresponding to the predetermined basic shape.