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3D Processing

This document describes DIWire, a 3D wire bender that uses 3 stepper motors to bend wire based on commands from a text file. DIWire is open source software and hardware that can be modified under the GNU GPL license. It reads a text file containing feed lengths, bend angles, and z bend angles and sends the commands to an Arduino to physically bend the wire into the 3D shape.

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3D Processing

This document describes DIWire, a 3D wire bender that uses 3 stepper motors to bend wire based on commands from a text file. DIWire is open source software and hardware that can be modified under the GNU GPL license. It reads a text file containing feed lengths, bend angles, and z bend angles and sends the commands to an Arduino to physically bend the wire into the 3D shape.

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/* DIWire Bender

* 3D Wire Bender by Pensa - www.PensaNYC.com


* Written by Marco Perry. Email [email protected] for questions.
* Drives on 3 Stepper Motors to bender wire in 3D space
*
* This file is part of the DIWire project.
* This file bends in 3D using commands (foward 50 mm, righ 90 degrees) read fro
m a text file.
*
* DIWire is a free software & hardware device: you can redistribute it and/or
modify
* it's software under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published
by
* the Free Software Foundation, version 3 of the License.
*
* The hardware portion is licenced under the Creative Commons-Attributions-Sha
re Alike License 3.0
* The CC BY SA licence can be seen here: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b
y-sa/3.0/us/
*
*
*
*

DIWIre is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,


but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License and CC-BY-SA for more details.

*
*
*
*
*
*
*/

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with DIWire. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
and http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/legalcode
No portion of this header can be removed from the code.
Now enjoy and start making something!

//import these libraries from libraries folder


import processing.opengl.*;
import processing.serial.*;
Serial arduino;
/*
* DIYER Bender
* 3D Wire Bender by Pensa - www.PensaNYC.com
* Written by Marco Perry. Call (718) 855 - 5354 for questions or support.
* Drives on 3 Stepper Motors to bender wire in 3D space
*
*/
/* the following program uploads a text file that contains a feed length , bend
agle, z bend angle matrix (see readme.txt).
The program shows an interactive 3D preview of the shape and sends the commands
to the arduino for printing*/
int loopLength =0;
PVector[] pnt = new PVector [255];
boolean mp = false;
float rotX=0;
float rotY=0;
float s=1;

void setup() {
size (400, 400, OPENGL); //creates window with opengl library capabilities
background (255);
println(Serial.list());
arduino = new Serial(this, Serial.list() [0], 9600); //sets arduino usb port
println ();
println ("SET THE SYSTEM TO HOME POSITION");
println ("CLICK AND DRAG MOUSE TO ROTATE PREVIEW");
println ("PRESS 1 TO PRINT");
println ();
String[] lines = loadStrings ("wiretest.txt"); //loads text file from folder
loopLength = lines.length;
pushMatrix();
for (int i = 0; i < lines.length; i++) { //turns text file into an array
String[] pieces = split(lines [i], '\t');
pnt[i] = new PVector ((int (pieces[0])), (int (pieces[1])), (int (pieces[2])
));
println (pnt[i]);
}
popMatrix();
}
void draw() {
translate (width/2, height/2, 0); // Sets draw location and scale
//rotateX (PI);
background (255);
scale (s);
if (mp) { //when mouse is pressed mouse location rotates the 3D coordinate sys
tem
rotX = map (mouseY, 0, height, -PI, PI);
rotY = map (mouseX, 0, width, -PI, PI);
}
rotateX (rotX);
rotateY (rotY);
stroke (150);
strokeWeight (5);
for (int i=0; i<=loopLength-1; i++) { //draws 3D shape based on text file feed
lengths, bend angles, and z bend angles
line (0, 0, 0, 0, pnt[i].x, 0);
translate (0, pnt[i].x, 0);
rotateZ (-radians(pnt[i].y));
rotateY (-radians(pnt[i].z));
}
}
void
mp
}
void
mp
}

mousePressed () {
= !mp;
mouseReleased () {
= !mp;

void keyPressed() {
switch (key) {
case '1':
file1();
break;
}

/*if (keyCode==38) {
s+=0.01;
}
if (keyCode==40) {
s-=0.01;
}*/
}
//this subroutine accepts feedback from the arduino. It is not necessary but som
etimes needed to establish initial serial communication
/*void serialEvent (Serial p) {
String inString = arduino.readStringUntil ('\n'); //return signifies new line
of commands
if (inString !=null) {
println(inString);
}
}*/
void file1 () { //sends feed and bend angles to the arduino
println("sending...");
for (int i = 0; i < loopLength; i++) {
byte feedmotor = 126;
delay (100);
arduino.write (feedmotor); //send arduino byte marker that signifies feed
length
delay (100);
arduino.write (byte (int(pnt[i].x))); //send arduino feed legnth
byte xbend = 125;
delay (100);
arduino.write (xbend); //send arduino byte marker that signifies bend angl
e
delay (100);
arduino.write (byte (int(pnt[i].y))); //send arduino bend angle
byte zbend = 124;
arduino.write (zbend); //send arduino byte marker that signifies z bend an
gle
delay (100);
arduino.write (byte (int(pnt[i].z))); //send arduino z bend angle
}
delay (5000);
byte end = 127;
println("commands sent to printer");
arduino.write(end); //send arduino byte marker that signifies end of commands
}

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