CAxLib - A Process Planning Framework for Additive Manufacturing Applications First release: Dec 12, 2017
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
Istituto di Matematica Applicata e Tecnologie Informatiche
Sezione di Genova
IMATI-GE / CNR
Authors:
- M. Attene, M. Livesu, D. Cabiddu
CAxLib is a C++ toolkit which includes:
- A library with C++ API to develop Process Planning software for Additive Manufacturing
- A set of pre-implemented tools for the traditional operations along the Process Planning pipeline
Package contents: CAxLib/ Contains the library source code. It is a header library that must be simply included in downstream tools.
Tools/ Contains source code for Process Planning tools that may depend either on CAxLib or on other libraries. Specifically, the following subfolders are included: CAxLib_Tools/ -> Contains tools that depend on CAxLib ImatiSTL_Tools -> Contains tools that depend on ImatiSTL (see below) CGAL_Tools -> Contains tools that depend on CGAL (see below)
Samples/ Contains a sample model to be used for experimentation.
README.md This readme file.
External dependencies ImatiSTL_Tools can be compiled only after having downloaded and compiled ImatiSTL. Version 4.2-2 or higher is required. ImatiSTL can be downloaded at https://sourceforge.net/projects/imatistl/
CGAL_Tools can be compiled and executed only after having downloaded and installed CGAL. Version 4.7 or higher required. CGAL can be downloaded at https://www.cgal.org/download.html
CAxLib_Tools can be compiled and executed only after having downloaded and installed Zlib Version 1.2.11 (https://zlib.net), TinyXML2 (http://www.grinninglizard.com/tinyxml2/) and LibZIP Version 1.4.0 (https://libzip.org). Additionally, the mesh2vtu tool depends from VTK (https://www.vtk.org), and the tetrahedralize tool depends on Tetgen (http://wias-berlin.de/software/tetgen/). Also, the step_converters tool depends on the EXPRESS Data Manager (EDM). If you want an evaluation or commercial license, please contact Jotne EPM Technology (web-address https://jira.jotne.com/servicedesk/customer /portal/2, e-mail helpdesk@jotne.com)
CAxLib is
Copyright(C) 2017: IMATI-GE / CNR
All rights reserved.
This program is dual-licensed as follows:
(1) You may use CAxLib as free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published
by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
In this case the program is distributed in the hope that it will be
useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt)
for more details.
(2) You may use CAxLib for commercial purposes. In this case a
proper agreement must be reached with the Authors and with IMATI-GE/CNR
based on a proper licensing contract.
This project has received funding from the European Unions Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 6 8044 8 (CAxMan - http://www.caxman.eu).