libarea

Area C++ class with a Python module

Area

Area is a CAM-related software for pocketing operation.

This project provides library and associated python-module to compute pocket operations.

Written by Dan Heeks , derived from the kbool library written by Klaas Holwerda

Here is some tool-path created with Pocket ( Displayed using HeeksCNC ). http://libarea.googlecode.com/svn/wiki/pocket2.png

Installation

Dependencies

To build libarea, you need: * CMake * Python (with developers files) * Python Boost (with developers files)

Fetch sources

svn checkout http://libarea.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ libarea

Build

Under Windows

There are files for Visual Studio 2008: * libarea/area.sln to make Python module; * libarea/pocket/pocket.sln is for making pocket.exe, see wiki page.

Under MacOSX, GNU/Linux, *BSD and probably a lot of POSIX systems

cd libarea mkdir build cd build cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=/usr .. make sudo make install

Others repositories

Please note that libarea have been pushed to GitHub but is not synced with this repository:

https://github.com/Heeks/libarea

GitHub repository provides a 2012-based version with additional users contributions, while this repository (at GoogleCode) is maintained by Dan Heeks with chosen patches.

Contribute

You can contribute to libarea many ways: * Catch bugs and report them to issue tracker * Write patches and report them on associated issue or by email * Improve it: optimizations, build enhancements, documentation, etc. are welcome * Package it software for your preferred distributions

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