README.md

Plater-corpus

This repository contains corpus examples for Plater, the 3D printer build plate generator. The purpose of this is to test and benchmark the plating system.

Sources

Objects of this repository comes from real projects:

• darwin_mini/ parts of the DARWIN Mini humanoid robot
• flex_mesh/ from the FlexMesh 2.0 chainmail meshes
• heart/ is an heart gears
• octopus, an octopus, choosed because of its numerous facets
• prusa/ is a rework of the Prusa i3 3D printer parts
• robotic_arm_6dof/ a 6 DOF robotic arm
• shower_curtain_hooks/ 12 hooks for shower
• spider_rover/ a Spider rover robot (without deck big parts)
• spidey/ comes from the Spidey robotics platform
• um2-extruder/ is an Ultimaker2 extruder upgrade

Parts lists and quantities can be found in the trivial plater.conf format

Benchmark conditions

Plates size

Here are build plates size that we use in the benchmark:

• 28 x 15 cm (size of the Makerbot Replicator 2)
• 21 x 21 cm (size of the Ultimaker2)
• 20 x 15 cm
• 15 x 15 cm

Threading

You can use several threads for multi-core computers. Don't forget to include the number of thread in the benchmark if you consider publishing it.

Score

The score of each benchmark is:

• The time of execution
• The number of plate that contains all the parts