COMPAS Slicer

COMPAS Slicer is a slicing package for FDM 3D Printing using COMPAS.

The package builds upon COMPAS, an open-source Python-based framework for collaboration and research in architecture, engineering and digital fabrication.

Note

COMPAS Slicer is a collaborative work-in-progress project and might contain bugs. If you find bugs or would like to request additional functionality, please submit an issue using the Issue Tracker.

Authors

COMPAS Slicer was developed at ETH Zurich by:

• Ioanna Mitropoulou - Digital Building Technologies

• Joris Burger - Gramazio Kohler Research

• Andrei Jipa - Gramazio Kohler Research

• Jelle Feringa - Gramazio Kohler Research

The package emerged from research on non-planar 3D printing and robotic fabrication at the Institute of Technology in Architecture.

Features

• Planar Slicing - Fast CGAL-based mesh slicing with configurable layer heights
• Curved Slicing - Non-planar toolpaths following scalar fields or interpolation
• Print Organization - Generate printpoints with fabrication parameters
• G-code Generation - Export toolpaths for desktop 3D printers
• Grasshopper Integration - Visualize results in Rhino/Grasshopper

Quick Links

• Installation

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  Get started with COMPAS Slicer in minutes

  Install

• Tutorials

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  Learn the fundamentals with step-by-step guides

  Tutorials

• Examples

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  Explore complete working examples

  Examples

• API Reference

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  Detailed documentation of all modules

  API