First version of SLA support points generation

src/libslic3r/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -139,6 +139,8 @@ add_library(libslic3r STATIC
     Rasterizer/Rasterizer.cpp
     SLAPrint.cpp
     SLAPrint.hpp
+    SLA/SLAAutoSupports.hpp
+    SLA/SLAAutoSupports.cpp
     Slicing.cpp
     Slicing.hpp
     SlicingAdaptive.cpp

src/libslic3r/PrintConfig.cpp

@@ -2561,6 +2561,33 @@ void PrintConfigDef::init_sla_params()
     def->min = 0;
     def->default_value = new ConfigOptionFloat(5.0);
 
+    def = this->add("support_density_at_horizontal", coInt);
+    def->label = L("Density on horizontal surfaces");
+    def->category = L("Supports");
+    def->tooltip = L("How many support points (approximately) should be placed on horizontal surface.");
+    def->sidetext = L("points per square dm");
+    def->cli = "";
+    def->min = 0;
+    def->default_value = new ConfigOptionInt(500);
+
+    def = this->add("support_density_at_45", coInt);
+    def->label = L("Density on surfaces at 45 degrees");
+    def->category = L("Supports");
+    def->tooltip = L("How many support points (approximately) should be placed on surface sloping at 45 degrees.");
+    def->sidetext = L("points per square dm");
+    def->cli = "";
+    def->min = 0;
+    def->default_value = new ConfigOptionInt(250);
+
+    def = this->add("support_minimal_z", coFloat);
+    def->label = L("Minimal support point height");
+    def->category = L("Supports");
+    def->tooltip = L("No support points will be placed lower than this value from the bottom.");
+    def->sidetext = L("mm");
+    def->cli = "";
+    def->min = 0;
+    def->default_value = new ConfigOptionFloat(0.f);
+
     def = this->add("pad_enable", coBool);
     def->label = L("Use pad");
     def->category = L("Pad");

src/libslic3r/PrintConfig.hpp

@@ -955,6 +955,11 @@ public:
     // and the model object's bounding box bottom. Units in mm.
     ConfigOptionFloat support_object_elevation /*= 5.0*/;
 
+    /////// Following options influence automatic support points placement:
+    ConfigOptionInt support_density_at_horizontal;
+    ConfigOptionInt support_density_at_45;
+    ConfigOptionFloat support_minimal_z;
+
     // Now for the base pool (pad) /////////////////////////////////////////////
 
     // Enabling or disabling support creation
@@ -987,6 +992,9 @@ protected:
         OPT_PTR(support_base_height);
         OPT_PTR(support_critical_angle);
         OPT_PTR(support_max_bridge_length);
+        OPT_PTR(support_density_at_horizontal);
+        OPT_PTR(support_density_at_45);
+        OPT_PTR(support_minimal_z);
         OPT_PTR(support_object_elevation);
         OPT_PTR(pad_enable);
         OPT_PTR(pad_wall_thickness);

src/libslic3r/SLA/SLAAutoSupports.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,155 @@
+#include "igl/random_points_on_mesh.h"
+#include "igl/AABB.h"
+
+#include "SLAAutoSupports.hpp"
+#include "Model.hpp"
+
+#include <iostream>
+
+
+namespace Slic3r {
+
+SLAAutoSupports::SLAAutoSupports(ModelObject& mo, const SLAAutoSupports::Config& c)
+: m_model_object(mo), mesh(), m_config(c)
+{}
+
+
+float SLAAutoSupports::approximate_geodesic_distance(const Vec3f& p1, const Vec3f& p2, Vec3f& n1, Vec3f& n2)
+{
+    n1.normalize();
+    n2.normalize();
+
+    Vec3f v = (p2-p1);
+    v.normalize();
+
+    float c1 = n1.dot(v);
+    float c2 = n2.dot(v);
+    float result = pow(p1(0)-p2(0), 2) + pow(p1(1)-p2(1), 2) + pow(p1(2)-p2(2), 2);
+    // Check for division by zero:
+    if(fabs(c1 - c2) > 0.0001)
+        result *= (asin(c1) - asin(c2)) / (c1 - c2);
+    return result;
+}
+
+
+void SLAAutoSupports::generate()
+{
+    // Loads the ModelObject raw_mesh and transforms it by first instance's transformation matrix (disregarding translation).
+    // Instances only differ in z-rotation, so it does not matter which of them will be used for the calculation.
+    // The supports point will be calculated on this mesh (so scaling ang vertical direction is correctly accounted for).
+    // Results will be inverse-transformed to raw_mesh coordinates.
+    TriangleMesh mesh = m_model_object.raw_mesh();
+    Transform3d transformation_matrix = m_model_object.instances[0]->get_matrix(true/*dont_translate*/);
+    mesh.transform(transformation_matrix);
+
+    // Check that the object is thick enough to produce any support points
+    BoundingBoxf3 bb = mesh.bounding_box();
+    if (bb.size()(2) < m_config.minimal_z)
+        return;
+
+    // All points that we curretly have must be transformed too, so distance to them is correcly calculated.
+    for (Vec3f& point : m_model_object.sla_support_points)
+        point = transformation_matrix.cast<float>() * point;
+
+    const stl_file& stl = mesh.stl;
+    Eigen::MatrixXf V;
+    Eigen::MatrixXi F;
+    V.resize(3 * stl.stats.number_of_facets, 3);
+    F.resize(stl.stats.number_of_facets, 3);
+    for (unsigned int i=0; i<stl.stats.number_of_facets; ++i) {
+        const stl_facet* facet = stl.facet_start+i;
+        V(3*i+0, 0) = facet->vertex[0](0); V(3*i+0, 1) = facet->vertex[0](1); V(3*i+0, 2) = facet->vertex[0](2);
+        V(3*i+1, 0) = facet->vertex[1](0); V(3*i+1, 1) = facet->vertex[1](1); V(3*i+1, 2) = facet->vertex[1](2);
+        V(3*i+2, 0) = facet->vertex[2](0); V(3*i+2, 1) = facet->vertex[2](1); V(3*i+2, 2) = facet->vertex[2](2);
+        F(i, 0) = 3*i+0;
+        F(i, 1) = 3*i+1;
+        F(i, 2) = 3*i+2;
+    }
+
+    // In order to calculate distance to already placed points, we must keep know which facet the point lies on.
+    std::vector<Vec3f> facets_normals;
+
+    // The AABB hierarchy will be used to find normals of already placed points.
+    // The points added automatically will just push_back the new normal on the fly.
+    igl::AABB<Eigen::MatrixXf,3> aabb;
+    aabb.init(V, F);
+    for (unsigned int i=0; i<m_model_object.sla_support_points.size(); ++i) {
+        int facet_idx = 0;
+        Eigen::Matrix<float, 1, 3> dump;
+        Eigen::MatrixXf query_point = m_model_object.sla_support_points[i];
+        aabb.squared_distance(V, F, query_point, facet_idx, dump);
+        Vec3f a1 = V.row(F(facet_idx,1)) - V.row(F(facet_idx,0));
+        Vec3f a2 = V.row(F(facet_idx,2)) - V.row(F(facet_idx,0));
+        Vec3f normal = a1.cross(a2);
+        normal.normalize();
+        facets_normals.push_back(normal);
+    }
+
+    // New potential support point is randomly generated on the mesh and distance to all already placed points is calculated.
+    // In case it is never smaller than certain limit (depends on the new point's facet normal), the point is accepted.
+    // The process stops after certain number of points is refused in a row.
+    Vec3f point;
+    Vec3f normal;
+    int added_points = 0;
+    int refused_points = 0;
+    const int refused_limit = 30;
+    // Angle at which the density reaches zero:
+    const float threshold_angle = std::min(M_PI_2, M_PI_4 * acos(0.f/m_config.density_at_horizontal) / acos(m_config.density_at_45/m_config.density_at_horizontal));
+
+    srand(time(NULL)); // rand() is used by igl::random_point_on_mesh
+    while (refused_points < refused_limit) {
+        // Place a random point on the mesh and calculate corresponding facet's normal:
+        Eigen::VectorXi FI;
+        Eigen::MatrixXf B;
+        igl::random_points_on_mesh(1, V, F, B, FI);
+        point = B(0,0)*V.row(F(FI(0),0)) +
+                B(0,1)*V.row(F(FI(0),1)) +
+                B(0,2)*V.row(F(FI(0),2));
+        if (point(2) - bb.min(2) < m_config.minimal_z)
+            continue;
+
+        Vec3f a1 = V.row(F(FI(0),1)) - V.row(F(FI(0),0));
+        Vec3f a2 = V.row(F(FI(0),2)) - V.row(F(FI(0),0));
+        normal = a1.cross(a2);
+        normal.normalize();
+
+        // calculate angle between the normal and vertical:
+        float angle = angle_from_normal(normal);
+        if (angle > threshold_angle)
+            continue;
+
+        const float distance_limit = 1./(2.4*get_required_density(angle));
+        bool add_it = true;
+        for (unsigned int i=0; i<m_model_object.sla_support_points.size(); ++i) {
+            if (approximate_geodesic_distance(m_model_object.sla_support_points[i], point, facets_normals[i], normal) < distance_limit) {
+                add_it = false;
+                ++refused_points;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        if (add_it) {
+            m_model_object.sla_support_points.push_back(point);
+            facets_normals.push_back(normal);
+            ++added_points;
+            refused_points = 0;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Now transform all support points to mesh coordinates:
+    for (Vec3f& point : m_model_object.sla_support_points)
+        point = transformation_matrix.inverse().cast<float>() * point;
+}
+
+
+
+float SLAAutoSupports::get_required_density(float angle) const
+{
+    // calculation would be density_0 * cos(angle). To provide one more degree of freedom, we will scale the angle
+    // to get the user-set density for 45 deg. So it ends up as density_0 * cos(K * angle).
+    float K = 4*acos(m_config.density_at_45/m_config.density_at_horizontal) / M_PI;
+    return std::max(0., m_config.density_at_horizontal * cos(K*angle));
+}
+
+
+
+} // namespace Slic3r

src/libslic3r/SLA/SLAAutoSupports.hpp

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#ifndef SLAAUTOSUPPORTS_HPP_
+#define SLAAUTOSUPPORTS_HPP_
+
+#include <libslic3r/Point.hpp>
+
+
+namespace Slic3r {
+
+class ModelObject;
+
+
+
+
+class SLAAutoSupports {
+public:
+    struct Config {
+            float density_at_horizontal;
+            float density_at_45;
+            float minimal_z;
+        };
+
+    SLAAutoSupports(ModelObject& mo, const SLAAutoSupports::Config& c);
+    void generate();
+
+private:
+    TriangleMesh mesh;
+    static float angle_from_normal(const stl_normal& normal) { return acos((-normal.normalized())(2)); }
+    float get_required_density(float angle) const;
+    static float approximate_geodesic_distance(const Vec3f& p1, const Vec3f& p2, Vec3f& n1, Vec3f& n2);
+
+    ModelObject& m_model_object;
+    SLAAutoSupports::Config m_config;
+};
+
+
+
+
+} // namespace Slic3r
+
+
+#endif // SLAAUTOSUPPORTS_HPP_

src/libslic3r/TriangleMesh.hpp

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public:
     void repair();
     float volume();
     void check_topology();
-    bool is_manifold() const { return this->stl.stats.connected_facets_3_edge == this->stl.stats.number_of_facets; }
+    bool is_manifold() const { return this->stl.stats.connected_facets_3_edge == (int)this->stl.stats.number_of_facets; }
     void WriteOBJFile(char* output_file);
     void scale(float factor);
     void scale(const Vec3d &versor);