One of the more frustrating parts of 3D printing at home is the limited size that one can print objects at. Most cheap printers, under $3000 can't print objects over 12 inches in any direction (and that's only a few printers on the market). Sure they are great for printing many things, but what about when you want to print something a bit larger, or even much larger?

Makerbot has recently filed an interesting patent which is described here in more detail: http://3dprint.com/2871/makerbot-build-volume-patent/
Basically what the patent is for, is to create a printing process via a software, where the software determines how to break up each large print into several prints on one machine or several machines. It then adds weld points or other ways to connects the parts to the printed models.

Here is a image from the patent. Seems pretty interesting. What are your thoughts?