getExposurePoints

pyslm.hatching.getExposurePoints(layer, models, includePowerDeposited=True)

A utility method to return a list of exposure points given a Layer with an associated Model which contains the BuildStyle that provides the point exposure distance or an effective laser speed to spatially discretise the scan vectors into a series of points. If the optional parameter includePowerDeposited is set to True, the laser power deposited in included.

Note

The BuildStyle.pointDistance parameter must be set or this method will fail.

Parameters:

  • layer (Layer) – The layer to process

  • models (List[Model]) – A list of models containing buildstyles which are referenced with the layer’s LayerGeometry

  • includePowerDeposited (bool) – Set to True` to return the calculated power deposited.

Returns:

Returns a list of coordinates (nx2) in the global domain with an optional power deposited.