Tools for manipulating geometry in Rhino. This includes clipping tools (using Angus' Clipper Library) and tools for filling / clearing pockets.
Performs boolean operations, or Clipping, on polygons using the ClipperLib. The operations include intersection, union, difference and xor. See this for more documentation on the different operations.
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| Curves | crv | input curves. These must be closed polygons. |
| Density | den | density of infill. Default value is 1 units. |
| Offset | offset | infill offset. Default value is .2 units. |
| output |||
| Curves | crv | computed infill polylines |
Offsets polylines using the Clipper Library offset algorithm. Supports multiple offsets[^Only component] in same operation. Solution will be transformed to the XY plane of the first given polyline
| Name | Nickname | Description |
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|input|||
| Curves | crv | Curve or curves to offset |
| Density | den | Distance to offset. Defaults to 1|
| Amount | amo | Amount of times to offset curve. Defaults to 1 |
|Keep|keep|Keep original polygon in solution. Defaults to True|
| output |||
| Curve | crv | Computed offset curves as list of polylines. |
Generates infill/hatching inside closed polygons. The algorithm broadly works by generating a set of straight lines over the input polygon, clipping the lines using the input polygon, and finally grouping the clipped lines into sets of connected polygons.
| Name | Nickname | Description |
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|input|||
| Curves | crv | input curves. These must be closed polygons. |
| Density | den | density of infill. Default value is 1 units. |
| Offset | offset | infill offset. Default value is .2 units. |
|infillAngle|ang|direciion angle of infill lines in degrees. Default value: 0|
|includeShells|shl|include outter shell polygons. Default value: false|
| output |||
| Curves | crv | computed infill polylines |
Actions-components converts sets of polylines into Vespidae-actions and tags them with relevant metadata. For example, the ExtrudeAction tags each polyline with an extrusion-parameter that sets the extrusion rate for each move. This metadata is applied by the solvers and visualizers in step 3.
| Name | Nickname | Description |
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|input: |||
| Curve | crv | input curves to create Extrude Actions from. |
| Extrusion | ex | extrusion flowrate multiplier. Extrusion amount is calculated by: distance x 0.01 x ex |
| Speed | speed | speed of move. Translates to ´F_speed´ in gcode. |
| Retract | re | how much to retract the filament between each operation. See notes for more detail. |
|output:|||
| Vespidae Extrude Action | Vobj | |
Vespidae uses relative extrusion. Its important to "prepare" the filament of the relevant extruders before starting the actual programs. Specifically the filament position should be set to the same value as the retract value used in the Actions. Beeneth is a Extrude Action translated to gcode with a retract value of 2.
;Action: extrusion
;extrudeType: shell
M109 205
G0 F1000
G0 E2
G0 X50 Y110 Z0 E0
G0 X70 Y110 Z0 E0.2
G0 X70 Y130 Z0 E0.2
G0 X50 Y130 Z0 E0.2
G0 X50 Y110 Z0 E0.2
G0 E-2
General purpose movement actions. Good starting point to get familiar with Vespidae.
| Name | Nickname | Description |
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|input: |||
| Curve | crv | input curves to create Move Actions from|
| Speed | speed | speed of move. Translates to ´F_speed´ in gcode.|
| Tool ID | to | tool number to execute move with. Translates to T_toolId_ |
| Gcode injection | gInj ||
|output:|||
| Vespidae Move Action | Vobj | |
Sorts action according to input criteria. So far this includes sorting by x-y and z-directions + by tool number
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|input:|||
|Actions|Vobj| actions to be sorted. |
|Sort type|sort|Sorting options: 0: x-direction, 1: y-direction, 2: z-direction. |
|Flip|flip|flip sorting.|
|output:|||
|Vespidae Actions|vobj|sorted list of Vespidae Actions|
Solvers are used to compute and derive programs (sequence of actions) from sets of Actions. Specifically the solvers will loop through a sequence of Actions and generate Travel-Actions between each Actions.
Solvers are also used when converting Actions into gcode.
Takes lists of actions and transforms them into a list of executable Actions, adding travel moves between each action. The output sequence of Actions is ordered in the same way as they were inputted.
inputs:
- Vobj (Vespidae Actions) - Input actions to the solver.
- rh (retract height) - Retract height between the moves.
- ts (travel speed) - Travel speed between moves.
- pr (partial retract) - Enables partial retract between Actions where possible[^the algorithm checks if the next Actions z-height is the same as the current Actions z-height. If yes, it will do a partial retract currently predefined to .2 mm.].
outputs:
- Vobj (Vespidae Actions) - new list of actions that includes Travel-Actions between each original Action.
Specific solver for additive operations. Takes Extrude-actions and sorts them in ascending order based on z-height.
inputs:
- Vobj (Vespidae Actions) - input actions to solver.
- rh (retract height) -
outputs
Current sorting algorith.
- Filter Extrude Actions into list
- Sort Extrude Actions into Dictionary with layerheight as Key.
Takes lists of actions and converts all actions into a single gcode file.
Vobj (Vespidae Actions) - Input actions to the solver.
h (header) - inject header gcode.
f (footer) - inject footer gcode.|
| ExposePaths | Visualizes Vespidae Actions in the Rhino Workspace.
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Uploads gcode directly to a Duet controller. Requires a network connection to the duet and that the duet is running DWC.\ Do not use a toggle on sendGcode. This will send https requests in an endless loop.: