US Patent 10048661 Visualization of additive manufacturing process data

Systems, apparatus and methods provide a visual representation to users of data collected from a three dimensional manufacturing process, such as an additive manufacturing (AM) process. In an embodiment, a user device receives process data associated with a three dimensional manufacturing process, transforms the process data into visualization data compatible with a computer-aided design specification, receives a Boolean query, and then renders, in response to the Boolean query, a visual depiction on a display screen of at least one aspect of the three dimensional manufacturing process and/or the three dimensional manufacturing apparatus and/or a object being manufactured.