PlanarSlicer

class compas_slicer.slicers.PlanarSlicer(mesh, slicer_type='default', layer_height=2.0)[source]

Bases: compas_slicer.slicers.base_slicer.BaseSlicer

Generates planar contours on a mesh that are parallel to the xy plane.

Attributes

  • mesh (compas.datastructures.Mesh) – Input mesh, it must be a triangular mesh (i.e. no quads or n-gons allowed).

  • slicer_type (str) – String representing which slicing method to use. options: ‘default’, ‘cgal’

  • layer_height (float) – Distance between layers (slices).

Attributes

Inherited Attributes

horizontal_layers

Returns a list of all the layers stored in the slicer that are NOT vertical.

number_of_layers

Total number of layers.

number_of_paths

Total number of paths, number of open paths, number of closed paths.

number_of_points

Total number of points in the slicer.

vertical_layers

Returns a list of all the vertical layers stored in the slicer.

Methods

__init__(mesh[, slicer_type, layer_height])

Initialize self.

generate_paths()

Generates the planar slicing paths.

Inherited Methods

close_paths()

For paths that are labeled as closed, it makes sure that the first and the last point are identical.

find_vertical_layers_with_first_path_on_base()

from_data(data)

Construct a slicer from its data representation.

get_layers_dict()

Returns a dictionary consisting of the layers.

post_processing()

Applies standard post-processing operations: seams_align and unify_paths.

printout_info()

Prints out information from the slicing process.

remove_invalid_paths_and_layers()

Removes invalid layers and paths from the slicer.

slice_model(*args, **kwargs)

Slices the model and applies standard post-processing and removing of invalid paths.

to_data()

Returns a dictionary of structured data representing the data structure.

to_json(filepath, name)

Writes the slicer to a JSON file.

visualize_on_viewer(viewer[, …])

Visualizes slicing result using compas.viewers.