skeinforge_tools.loop_tailor ($Date: 2008/21/04 $) | index /home/enrique/Desktop/backup/babbleold/script/reprap/pyRepRap/skeinforge_tools/loop_tailor.py |
Loop tailor is a script to loop tailor the extrusion hair of a gcode file.
The default 'Activate Loop Tailor' checkbox is on. When it is on, the functions described below will work, when it is off, the functions
will not be called.
Loop tailor clips the ends of loops and jitters position to a different place on each layer to prevent the a ridge from forming. The
"Clip Over Extrusion Width (ratio)" is the ratio of the amount the loops are clipped over the extrusion width. If the ratio is too high
loops will have a gap, if the ratio is too low there will be a bulge at the loop ends. The "Jitter Over Extrusion Width (ratio)" is the
ratio of the amount the loop ends will be jittered. A high value means the loops will start all over the place and a low value means
loops will start at roughly the same place on each layer. To run loop tailor, in a shell type:
> python loop_tailor.py
The following examples loop tailor the files Hollow Square.gcode & Hollow Square.gts. The examples are run in a terminal in the folder
which contains Hollow Square.gcode, Hollow Square.gts and loop_tailor.py. The loop_tailor function will loop_tailor if
'Activate Loop Tailor' is true, which can be set in the dialog or by changing the preferences file 'loop_tailor.csv' in the '.skeinforge' folder
in your home directory with a text editor or a spreadsheet program set to separate tabs. The functions writeOutput and
getLoopTailorChainGcode check to see if the text has been loop_tailored, if not they call getTowerChainGcode in tower.py to tower the
text; once they have the towered text, then they loop_tailor.
> python loop_tailor.py
This brings up the dialog, after clicking 'Loop Tailor', the following is printed:
File Hollow Square.gts is being chain loop tailored.
The loop tailored file is saved as Hollow Square_loop_tailor.gcode
> python oozebane.py Hollow Square.gts
File Hollow Square.gts is being chain loop tailored.
The loop tailored file is saved as Hollow Square_loop_tailor.gcode
> python
Python 2.5.1 (r251:54863, Sep 22 2007, 01:43:31)
[GCC 4.2.1 (SUSE Linux)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import loop_tailor
>>> loop_tailor.main()
This brings up the loop tailor dialog.
>>> loop_tailor.writeOutput()
Hollow Square.gts
File Hollow Square.gts is being chain loop tailored.
The loop tailored file is saved as Hollow Square_loop_tailor.gcode
>>> loop_tailor.getLoopTailorGcode("
( GCode generated by May 8, 2008 slice.py )
( Extruder Initialization )
..
many lines of gcode
..
")
>>> loop_tailor.getLoopTailorChainGcode("
( GCode generated by May 8, 2008 slice.py )
( Extruder Initialization )
..
many lines of gcode
..
")
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__author__ = 'Enrique Perez (perez_enrique@yahoo.com)' __date__ = '$Date: 2008/21/04 $' __license__ = 'GPL 3.0' absolute_import = _Feature((2, 5, 0, 'alpha', 1), (2, 7, 0, 'alpha', 0), 16384) |
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Enrique Perez (perez_enrique@yahoo.com) |