void
SLAPrint::slice()
{
TriangleMesh mesh = this->model->mesh();
mesh.repair();
// align to origin taking raft into account
this->bb = mesh.bounding_box();
if (this->config.raft_layers > 0) {
this->bb.min.x -= this->config.raft_offset.value;
this->bb.min.y -= this->config.raft_offset.value;
this->bb.max.x += this->config.raft_offset.value;
this->bb.max.y += this->config.raft_offset.value;
}
mesh.translate(0, 0, -bb.min.z);
this->bb.translate(0, 0, -bb.min.z);
// if we are generating a raft, first_layer_height will not affect mesh slicing
const float lh = this->config.layer_height.value;
const float first_lh = this->config.first_layer_height.value;
// generate the list of Z coordinates for mesh slicing
// (we slice each layer at half of its thickness)
this->layers.clear();
{
const float first_slice_lh = (this->config.raft_layers > 0) ? lh : first_lh;
this->layers.push_back(Layer(first_slice_lh/2, first_slice_lh));
}
while (this->layers.back().print_z + lh/2 <= mesh.stl.stats.max.z) {
this->layers.push_back(Layer(this->layers.back().print_z + lh/2, this->layers.back().print_z + lh));
}
// perform slicing and generate layers
{
std::vector<float> slice_z;
for (size_t i = 0; i < this->layers.size(); ++i)
slice_z.push_back(this->layers[i].slice_z);
std::vector<ExPolygons> slices;
TriangleMeshSlicer(&mesh).slice(slice_z, &slices);
for (size_t i = 0; i < slices.size(); ++i)
this->layers[i].slices.expolygons = slices[i];
}
// generate infill
if (this->config.fill_density < 100) {
std::auto_ptr<Fill> fill(Fill::new_from_type(this->config.fill_pattern.value));
fill->bounding_box.merge(Point::new_scale(bb.min.x, bb.min.y));
fill->bounding_box.merge(Point::new_scale(bb.max.x, bb.max.y));
fill->spacing = this->config.get_abs_value("infill_extrusion_width", this->config.layer_height.value);
fill->angle = Geometry::deg2rad(this->config.fill_angle.value);
fill->density = this->config.fill_density.value/100;
parallelize<size_t>(
0,
this->layers.size()-1,
boost::bind(&SLAPrint::_infill_layer, this, _1, fill.get()),
this->config.threads.value
);
}
// generate support material
this->sm_pillars.clear();
ExPolygons overhangs;
if (this->config.support_material) {
// flatten and merge all the overhangs
{
Polygons pp;
for (std::vector<Layer>::const_iterator it = this->layers.begin()+1; it != this->layers.end(); ++it)
pp += diff(it->slices, (it - 1)->slices);
overhangs = union_ex(pp);
}
// generate points following the shape of each island
Points pillars_pos;
const coordf_t spacing = scale_(this->config.support_material_spacing);
const coordf_t radius = scale_(this->sm_pillars_radius());
for (ExPolygons::const_iterator it = overhangs.begin(); it != overhangs.end(); ++it) {
// leave a radius/2 gap between pillars and contour to prevent lateral adhesion
for (float inset = radius * 1.5;; inset += spacing) {
// inset according to the configured spacing
Polygons curr = offset(*it, -inset);
if (curr.empty()) break;
// generate points along the contours
for (Polygons::const_iterator pg = curr.begin(); pg != curr.end(); ++pg) {
Points pp = pg->equally_spaced_points(spacing);
for (Points::const_iterator p = pp.begin(); p != pp.end(); ++p)
pillars_pos.push_back(*p);
}
}
}
// for each pillar, check which layers it applies to
for (Points::const_iterator p = pillars_pos.begin(); p != pillars_pos.end(); ++p) {
SupportPillar pillar(*p);
bool object_hit = false;
// check layers top-down
for (int i = this->layers.size()-1; i >= 0; --i) {
// check whether point is void in this layer
if (!this->layers[i].slices.contains(*p)) {
// no slice contains the point, so it's in the void
if (pillar.top_layer > 0) {
// we have a pillar, so extend it
pillar.bottom_layer = i + this->config.raft_layers;
} else if (object_hit) {
// we don't have a pillar and we're below the object, so create one
pillar.top_layer = i + this->config.raft_layers;
}
} else {
if (pillar.top_layer > 0) {
// we have a pillar which is not needed anymore, so store it and initialize a new potential pillar
this->sm_pillars.push_back(pillar);
pillar = SupportPillar(*p);
}
object_hit = true;
}
}
if (pillar.top_layer > 0) this->sm_pillars.push_back(pillar);
}
}
// generate a solid raft if requested
// (do this after support material because we take support material shape into account)
if (this->config.raft_layers > 0) {
ExPolygons raft = this->layers.front().slices + overhangs; // take support material into account
raft = offset_ex(raft, scale_(this->config.raft_offset));
for (int i = this->config.raft_layers; i >= 1; --i) {
this->layers.insert(this->layers.begin(), Layer(0, first_lh + lh * (i-1)));
this->layers.front().slices = raft;
}
// prepend total raft height to all sliced layers
for (size_t i = this->config.raft_layers; i < this->layers.size(); ++i)
this->layers[i].print_z += first_lh + lh * (this->config.raft_layers-1);
}
}
