Layer data is now processed layer by layer.

This is done to prevent the very large messages that would be sent otherwise.
Protobuf can't do anything with messages above 512MB. As we no longer send a
"collection" message, this should no longer occur.
CURA-1210

plugins/CuraEngineBackend/Cura.proto

@@ -2,14 +2,12 @@ syntax = "proto3";
 
 package cura.proto;
 
-
 message ObjectList
 {
     repeated Object objects = 1;
     repeated Setting settings = 2;
 }
 
-// typeid 1
 message Slice
 {
     repeated ObjectList object_lists = 1;
@@ -24,28 +22,13 @@ message Object
     repeated Setting settings = 5; // Setting override per object, overruling the global settings.
 }
 
-// typeid 3
 message Progress
 {
     float amount = 1;
 }
 
-// typeid 2
-message SlicedObjectList
-{
-    repeated SlicedObject objects = 1;
-}
-
-message SlicedObject
-{
-    int64 id = 1;
-
-    repeated Layer layers = 2;
-}
-
 message Layer {
     int32 id = 1;
-
     float height = 2;
     float thickness = 3;
 
@@ -70,20 +53,16 @@ message Polygon {
     float line_width = 3;
 }
 
-// typeid 4
 message GCodeLayer {
-    int64 id = 1;
     bytes data = 2;
 }
 
-// typeid 5
 message ObjectPrintTime {
     int64 id = 1;
     float time = 2;
     float material_amount = 3;
 }
 
-// typeid 6
 message SettingList {
     repeated Setting settings = 1;
 }
@@ -94,11 +73,9 @@ message Setting {
     bytes value = 2;
 }
 
-// typeid 7
 message GCodePrefix {
     bytes data = 2;
 }
 
-// typeid 8
 message SlicingFinished {
 }

plugins/CuraEngineBackend/CuraEngineBackend.py

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ from UM.Message import Message
 from UM.PluginRegistry import PluginRegistry
 
 from cura.OneAtATimeIterator import OneAtATimeIterator
-from . import ProcessSlicedObjectListJob
+from . import ProcessSlicedLayersJob
 from . import ProcessGCodeJob
 from . import StartSliceJob
 
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class CuraEngineBackend(Backend):
         self._layer_view_active = False
         Application.getInstance().getController().activeViewChanged.connect(self._onActiveViewChanged)
         self._onActiveViewChanged()
-        self._stored_layer_data = None
+        self._stored_layer_data = []
 
         Application.getInstance().getMachineManager().activeMachineInstanceChanged.connect(self._onChanged)
 
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ class CuraEngineBackend(Backend):
         self._change_timer.setSingleShot(True)
         self._change_timer.timeout.connect(self.slice)
 
-        self._message_handlers["cura.proto.SlicedObjectList"] = self._onSlicedObjectListMessage
+        #self._message_handlers["cura.proto.SlicedObjectList"] = self._onSlicedObjectListMessage
+        self._message_handlers["cura.proto.Layer"] = self._onLayerMessage
         self._message_handlers["cura.proto.Progress"] = self._onProgressMessage
         self._message_handlers["cura.proto.GCodeLayer"] = self._onGCodeLayerMessage
         self._message_handlers["cura.proto.GCodePrefix"] = self._onGCodePrefixMessage
@@ -155,6 +156,7 @@ class CuraEngineBackend(Backend):
     def _terminate(self):
         self._slicing = False
         self._restart = True
+        self._stored_layer_data = []
         self.slicingCancelled.emit()
         Logger.log("d", "Attempting to kill the engine process")
         if self._process is not None:
@@ -209,12 +211,9 @@ class CuraEngineBackend(Backend):
     def _onSettingChanged(self, setting):
         self._onChanged()
 
-    def _onSlicedObjectListMessage(self, message):
+    def _onLayerMessage(self, message):
-        if self._layer_view_active:
+        self._stored_layer_data.append(message)
-            self._process_layers_job = ProcessSlicedObjectListJob.ProcessSlicedObjectListJob(message)
+
-            self._process_layers_job.start()
-        else :
-            self._stored_layer_data = message
 
     def _onProgressMessage(self, message):
         if self._message:
@@ -234,6 +233,11 @@ class CuraEngineBackend(Backend):
             self._message.hide()
             self._message = None
 
+        if self._layer_view_active and (self._process_layers_job is None or not self._process_layers_job.isRunning()):
+            self._process_layers_job = ProcessSlicedLayersJob.ProcessSlicedLayersJob(self._stored_layer_data)
+            self._process_layers_job.start()
+            self._stored_layer_data = []
+
     def _onGCodeLayerMessage(self, message):
         self._scene.gcode_list.append(message.data.decode("utf-8", "replace"))
 
@@ -275,10 +279,10 @@ class CuraEngineBackend(Backend):
                 self._layer_view_active = True
                 # There is data and we're not slicing at the moment
                 # if we are slicing, there is no need to re-calculate the data as it will be invalid in a moment.
-                if self._stored_layer_data and not self._slicing:
+                if len(self._stored_layer_data) and not self._slicing:
-                    self._process_layers_job = ProcessSlicedObjectListJob.ProcessSlicedObjectListJob(self._stored_layer_data)
+                    self._process_layers_job = ProcessSlicedLayersJob.ProcessSlicedLayersJob(self._stored_layer_data)
                     self._process_layers_job.start()
-                    self._stored_layer_data = None
+                    self._stored_layer_data = []
             else:
                 self._layer_view_active = False
 

plugins/CuraEngineBackend/ProcessSlicedLayersJob.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2015 Ultimaker B.V.
+# Copyright (c) 2016 Ultimaker B.V.
 # Cura is released under the terms of the AGPLv3 or higher.
 
 from UM.Job import Job
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ import struct
 
 catalog = i18nCatalog("cura")
 
-class ProcessSlicedObjectListJob(Job):
+class ProcessSlicedLayersJob(Job):
-    def __init__(self, message):
+    def __init__(self, layers):
         super().__init__()
-        self._message = message
+        self._layers = layers
         self._scene = Application.getInstance().getController().getScene()
         self._progress = None
         self._abort_requested = False
@@ -51,13 +51,12 @@ class ProcessSlicedObjectListJob(Job):
 
         object_id_map = {}
         new_node = SceneNode()
-        ## Put all nodes in a dict identified by ID
+
+        ## Remove old layer data (if any)
         for node in DepthFirstIterator(self._scene.getRoot()):
             if type(node) is SceneNode and node.getMeshData():
                 if node.callDecoration("getLayerData"):
                     self._scene.getRoot().removeChild(node)
-                else:
-                    object_id_map[id(node)] = node
             Job.yieldThread()
             if self._abort_requested:
                 if self._progress:
@@ -68,22 +67,11 @@ class ProcessSlicedObjectListJob(Job):
 
         mesh = MeshData()
         layer_data = LayerData.LayerData()
-
+        layer_count = len(self._layers)
-        layer_count = 0
-        for i in range(self._message.repeatedMessageCount("objects")):
-            layer_count += self._message.getRepeatedMessage("objects", i).repeatedMessageCount("layers")
 
         current_layer = 0
-        for i in range(self._message.repeatedMessageCount("objects")):
-            object = self._message.getRepeatedMessage("objects", i)
-            try:
-                node = object_id_map[object.id]
-            except KeyError:
-                continue
-
-            for l in range(object.repeatedMessageCount("layers")):
-                layer = object.getRepeatedMessage("layers", l)
 
+        for layer in self._layers:
             layer_data.addLayer(layer.id)
             layer_data.setLayerHeight(layer.id, layer.height)
             layer_data.setLayerThickness(layer.id, layer.thickness)