Slice a tree

This IJulia notebook is to demonstrate how to slice an STL file.

STL file is courtesy of Jordan Miller, and can be found here.



In [1]:

    
using MeshSlicer
using PyPlot









    



INFO: Loading help data...



In [2]:

    
mesh = PolygonMesh("jmil_2012_GeneratedVasculature.stl");
rotate!(mesh, 45.0, [1.0,0.0,0.0],[0.0,0.0,0.0])



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layers = 100;

# find slice heights
step = (mesh.bounds.zmax - mesh.bounds.zmin)/layers
heights = [mesh.bounds.zmin:step:mesh.bounds.zmax]

# create an array of slices
slices = PolygonSlice(mesh,heights)

# plot slices
for slice in slices
    for seg in slice.segments
       plot3D([seg.start[1],seg.finish[1]], [seg.start[2],seg.finish[2]], slice.layer)
   end
end