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README.TXT

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+pycam : Python CAM
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+
+Toolpath Generation for 3-Axis CNC machining
+
+
+Features:
+
+    * Cutters:
+      ** Spherical Cutter
+      ** Cylindrical Cutter
+      ** Toroidal Cutter
+
+    * Path Generators:
+      ** DropCutter
+      ** PushCutter
+
+    * Path Processors:
+      ** Linear
+      ** ZigZag
+      ** Polygon
+
+    * Importers:
+      ** STL
+
+    * Exporters:
+      ** GCODE
+
+    * Visualization:
+      ** OpenGL
+
+
+For visualization, install
+
+    PyOpenGL :  http://pyopengl.sourceforge.net/
+                        http://downloads.sourceforge.net/pyopengl/PyOpenGL-3.0.0b5.tar.gz
+
+	(requires TOGL)
+    TOGL: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/togl/Togl2.0-8.4-Windows.zip
+          (just copy Togl2.0 into Python25/tcl)
+                        http://downloads.sourceforge.net/togl/Togl2.0-src.tar.gz
+
+	(on windows, this also requires GLUT)
+    GLUT :      http://www.cip.physik.uni-muenchen.de/~georg.hennig/downloads/glut-3.7.6-wheel_mingw.zip
+
+
+
+TODO:
+    * Geometry
+    ** intersect_torus_line
+        -> try to find a better implementation
+    ** intersect_cone_*
+
+    * Cutters
+    ** FiletCutter
+
+    * Gui
+    ** create something better than "SimpleGui"
+    ** move calculactions in separate thread
+    ** incremental visualization
+    ** add progress bar
+
+    * PathGenerators
+    ** ContourCutter
+       -> waterlevel tracer
+
+    * PathProcessors
+    ** Traveling Salesman
+
+
+OPTIMIZATIONS
+    * short-circuit the plane/triangle/line/edge/point/vertex tests,
+      so that when the result is known, no further intersections are calculated
+
+    * use kdtree
+
+    * make Model have unique points
+
+    * make Model have unique edges
+
+    * make Cutters have a "color" so that for each x in plane/triangle/line/edge/point/vertex
+      the result of an intersection (cutter,x,color) is cachable
+      (i.e. each Cutter.moveto should change the color, just increasing an "int color" should be ok)