Variable Density Filling Algorithm Based on Delaunay Triangulation

The quality of the filling algorithm in additive manufacturing directly affects the strength of the part. The commonly used 3D printing filling algorithm at this stage is the classic filling algorithm. The density of each part in the filling region is the same, and there is a cavity structure in the transverse direction, which makes the strength of the part in the transverse direction lower. Therefore, this paper proposed a new filling algorithm—variable density filling algorithm based on Delaunay triangulation. First, we performed concave-polygon-convex decomposition on the filling area to form printing sub-regions; then, the filling density value was set according to the required intensity of each region, and we used the Poisson disk sampling algorithm to generate the filling point set. Finally, Delaunay triangulation was performed on the generated point set to generate filled traces. The comparison with the two commonly used classical filling algorithms proves that the algorithm can improve the strength of the part to a certain extent, and the printing time and the consumption of consumables will not increase significantly.