ToolpathGenerator v1.0(Beta)

Automating Toolpath Generation of 3D objects for 3-Axis CNC

ToolpathGenerator automates toolpath planing process involved in toolpath generation of 3D objects for 3-Axis CNC. This work seeks to reduce the barrier faced by the entry level makers and designers involved in CNC machining.

Usage

Dependancies

The voxelizer built into the system requires boost library for c+ to compile. Please note that, the cvmlcpp library has been modified and integrated into the source code.

The voxelizer currently is known not to work on Mac, windows remains to be tested.

Compiling

Stand-alone Voxelizer

If you wish to only voxelize the stl file without generating toolpaths, you need to compile as:

>g++ -std=c++11 ./src/standalone_voxelizer.cpp -o standalone_voxelizer

ToolpathGenerator without Voxelizer

To run ToolpathGenerator without voxelizing, compile:

>g++ -std=c++11 ./src/run_without_voxelizer.cpp -o run_without_voxelizer

ToolpathGenerator with Voxelizer

To run ToolpathGenerator with voxelizer, compile:

>g++ -std=c++11 ./src/run_with_voxelizer.cpp -o run_with_voxelizer

Executing

Stand-alone Voxelizer

Standalone voxelizer gives choice of input and output through parameters:

Input

"File" :  Input as a file address

"String" : Input as ASCII STL string through stdin

Output

"JSON" : Output as JSON

"String" : Output as string of 0s and 1s

Execute Standalone Voxelizer as:

>./standalone_voxelizer [input parameter] [output parameter] {input file address if file} [output file address] {< input string if string}

ToolpathGenerator without Voxelizer

ToolpathGenerator without Voxelizer is run as:

>./run_without_voxelizer [output location] < [input voxel file]

ToolpathGenerator without Voxelizer

ToolpathGenerator without Voxelizer is run as:

>./run_with_voxelizer [input voxel file] [output location]