compas_slicer

Python slicing package for FDM 3D Printing based on the COMPAS framework.

What's New in 0.7.0

Major refactor with ~10x performance improvement:

• CGAL backend - pure python replaced with compas_cgal, igl dependency removed
• Modern docs - migrated to mkdocs with full API reference
• COMPAS 2.x - full compatibility with new serialization API
• Visualization - examples now use compas_viewer
• Vectorized ops - hot loops rewritten with numpy (see _numpy_ops.py)
• Type hints - throughout codebase
• Medial axis infill - via CGAL straight skeleton

See CHANGELOG.md for details.

Getting started

You can find tutorials and documentation of the project in the compas_slicer page

For installation instructions, see here: installation

For troubleshooting, see here: troubleshooting

Main features

• Planar slicing (default method, and method based on Cgal library)
• Curved slicing (interpolation of boundaries, UV slicing, scalar field slicing)
• Generation of fabrication-related information
• Export print data to Json and gcode format
• Visualization of results in grasshopper

Authors

• Ioanna Mitropoulou @ioannaMitropoulou
• Joris Burger @joburger
• Andrei Jipa @stratocaster
• Jelle Feringa @jf---