This repository features a basic implementation of a slicer used in 3D printing to produce the print lines of the 3D printer to follow.
Use python3 -m venv .venv to create the virtual environment for the project.
https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/venv.html
VSCode will default to the virtual env when you open the folder. Epic!
If you want to open and run on the command line then cd into the directory and run
# Linux/MacOS command
source .venv/bin/activate
which will activate the virtual environment.
To install the packages for the slicer, use
pip install -r requirements.txt
To run the example, enter:
python sample.py
You should see three figures appear in the out folder showing the incremental stages in producing the lines that are to be 3D printed for a single layer of a part. Creating the infill for an entire part is simply a matter of running a for loop incrementing across the layers that need to be sliced.
Black-with-tabs is included as a tool to maintain a consistent code format. Please run it before you commit any code to clean up any additions you make. It's great and save you a lot of time in not having to think about the formatting.
Simply run.
black .
The repo has also been set-out to be a single function per file with the folders representing the sub-modules in the slicer package.
The purpose of this repo is to provide a tutorial to infill generation. It is not mean to be a production-ready infill generator. Eventhough a tutorial, the principles demonstrated have been used to develop infill topology optimisation strategies for loading and inertia by the Design Manufacturing Futures lab.