Octoprint plugin for tracing lines and generating toolpaths

Introduction This plugin intends to enable direct generation of toolpaths from physical line following. This is illustrated in this video: This could be useful in cases where the object is not originating from a CAD drawing, but is coming from a physical object, like cutting a piece to fit into an existing odd-shaped hole. Installation This has only been tested on OctoPi. It has only been tested with the latest version of OctoPrint. It might work on earlier versions based […]

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Tracing service for spaceteam events

Tracing service for TU Wien Spaceteam events. This service is a special adaption ofSpace Trace. Getting started Install Python3.8 (or higher), zbar, popper, libxml2 Install all dependencies with: python3 -m venv venv source venv/bin/activate pip install -r requirements.txt export FLASK_APP=space_trace FLASK_ENV=development flask run This launces a simple webserver which can only be accessed from the localhost. Note: Don’t use this server in production, it is insecure and lowperformance. Deployment How we deploy this app on Ubuntu. Install the requirements with: […]

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