BuildStyle

class pyslm.geometry.BuildStyle

Bases: object

A BuildStyle represents a collection of laser parameters used for scanning across a single LayerGeometry. This consists of essential laser parameters including

laserPower,
laserSpeed,
pointDistance and pointExposureTime - required for pulsed mode lasers.

A unique buildstyle id (bid) must be set within each Model group that it is stored in and later assigned for each LayerGeometry group. Additional, metadata can be set that for some Machine Build File formats are used such as name and description. For single and multi-laser systems, laserId corresponds with the parameter set associated with the laser. This offers opportunity to tailor the behavior of multiple beams applied to the same area such as providing a pre-heating or annealing exposure pass.

Note

For single laser systems the laserId is set to 1

Attributes Summary

`bid`	A unique id used for each `BuildStyle` object within each `Model` that can be referenced by a `LayerGeometry`.
`description`	The description of the `BuildStyle`.
`jumpDelay`	The jump delay between scan vectors (usually expressed as an integer \(\mu s\)).
`jumpSpeed`	The jump speed between scan vectors (usually expressed as an integer \(mm/s\)).
`laserFocus`	The laser focus position used, typically given as increment position
`laserId`	The ID of the laser beam used for the exposure.
`laserMode`	Determines the laser mode to use via `LaserMode` which is either continuous wave (CW) or pulsed (Pulsed) laser operation
`laserPower`	The average laser power of the exposure point
`laserSpeed`	The laser speed typically expresses as mm/s.
`name`	The name of the `BuildStyle`.
`pointDelay`	The delay added between individual point exposure (usually expressed as an integer \(\mu s\)).
`pointDistance`	The point exposure distance (usually expressed as an integer \(\mu m\)).
`pointExposureTime`	The point exposure time (usually expressed as an integer \(\mu s\)).

Methods Summary

setStyle(bid, focus, power, ...[, ...])

Attributes Documentation

bid: A unique id used for each BuildStyle object within each Model that can be referenced by a LayerGeometry.

description: The description of the BuildStyle. This is usually not export by most machine build file formats but is useful to assign to help differentiate each build-style.

jumpDelay: The jump delay between scan vectors (usually expressed as an integer \(\mu s\)). This must be set to zero (default) if it is not explicitly used.

jumpSpeed: The jump speed between scan vectors (usually expressed as an integer \(mm/s\)). This must be set to zero (default) if it is not explicitly used.

laserFocus: The laser focus position used, typically given as increment position

laserId: The ID of the laser beam used for the exposure. Typically set to 1 for single laser systems.

laserMode: Determines the laser mode to use via LaserMode which is either continuous wave (CW) or pulsed (Pulsed) laser operation

laserPower: The average laser power of the exposure point

laserSpeed: The laser speed typically expresses as mm/s.

Note

For pulsed laser mode systems this is typically ignored.

name: The name of the BuildStyle.

pointDelay: The delay added between individual point exposure (usually expressed as an integer \(\mu s\)). This must be set to zero (default) if it is not explicitly used.

pointDistance: The point exposure distance (usually expressed as an integer \(\mu m\)).

pointExposureTime: The point exposure time (usually expressed as an integer \(\mu s\)).

Methods Documentation

setStyle(bid, focus, power, pointExposureTime, pointExposureDistance, laserSpeed=0.0, laserId=1, laserMode=1, name='', description='')