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R11910 Additive Manufacturing Work
layer_part.py
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import
numpy
as
np
import
argparse
import
sys
import
os
from
meshing
import
*
def
parse_args
():
"""
Function to handle arguments
"""
parser
=
argparse
.
ArgumentParser
(
description
=
'Slice a Geometry and Mesh'
)
parser
.
add_argument
(
"freecad_dir"
,
type
=
str
,
help
=
'location of FreeCAD library directory'
)
parser
.
add_argument
(
"geom_file"
,
type
=
str
,
help
=
'filename of the geometry data'
)
parser
.
add_argument
(
"layer_thickness"
,
type
=
float
,
help
=
'layer thickness'
)
parser
.
add_argument
(
"geom_dir"
,
type
=
str
,
help
=
'name of the directory to save layered geometry files'
)
parser
.
add_argument
(
"mesh_dir"
,
type
=
str
,
help
=
'name of the directory to save layered mesh files'
)
args
=
parser
.
parse_args
()
return
args
def
main
():
#get the arguments
args
=
parse_args
()
#add FreeCAD directory to path and import FreeCAD modules
sys
.
path
.
append
(
args
.
freecad_dir
)
import
FreeCAD
import
Part
from
FreeCAD
import
Base
#create directory to save layered files
try
:
os
.
mkdir
(
args
.
geom_dir
)
except
FileExistsError
:
pass
#read step file
part
=
Part
.
Shape
()
part
.
read
(
args
.
geom_file
)
#get geometric data of the part
del_x
=
part
.
BoundBox
.
XMax
-
part
.
BoundBox
.
XMin
del_y
=
part
.
BoundBox
.
YMax
-
part
.
BoundBox
.
YMin
z_min
=
part
.
BoundBox
.
ZMin
z_max
=
part
.
BoundBox
.
ZMax
center
=
Base
.
Vector
(
part
.
BoundBox
.
XMin
,
part
.
BoundBox
.
YMin
,
part
.
BoundBox
.
ZMin
)
extension
=
'.step'
#initialize first box to intersect the part
z
=
z_min
+
args
.
layer_thickness
count
=
1
#loop until the part is intersected completely, save files in geom_dir, call meshing script for the file
while
z
<
z_max
:
#make box with same size in x and y directions, incrementing length in z direction
box
=
Part
.
makeBox
(
del_x
,
del_y
,
z
-
z_min
,
center
)
#get the intersection
common
=
box
.
common
(
part
)
#save the intersection
name
=
'/layer_{}'
.
format
(
str
(
count
)
.
zfill
(
3
))
common
.
exportStep
(
args
.
geom_dir
+
name
+
extension
)
#increment loop variables
z
+=
args
.
layer_thickness
count
+=
1
#call meshing script on the saved step file
meshing
(
args
.
geom_dir
,
name
,
extension
,
args
.
mesh_dir
)
if
__name__
==
'__main__'
:
main
()
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