UltiMaker Hackathon '25: Slice-ID/Print-ID project

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -141,6 +141,8 @@ set(engine_SRCS # Except main.cpp.
         src/utils/ExtrusionLine.cpp
         src/utils/ExtrusionSegment.cpp
         src/utils/gettime.cpp
+        src/utils/IdFieldInfo.cpp
+        src/utils/LabelMaker.cpp
         src/utils/linearAlg2D.cpp
         src/utils/ListPolyIt.cpp
         src/utils/Matrix4x3D.cpp

include/ExtruderPlan.h

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
 namespace cura
 {
+class Image;
 class LayerPlanBuffer;
 class LayerPlan;
 /*!
@@ -124,6 +125,10 @@ class ExtruderPlan
      */
     void applyBackPressureCompensation(const Ratio back_pressure_compensation);
 
+    /*!
+     */
+    void applyIdLabel(const Image& slice_id_texture, const coord_t current_z);
+
     /*!
      * Gets the mesh being printed first on this plan
      */

include/FffGcodeWriter.h

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ namespace cura
 {
 
 class AngleDegrees;
+class Image;
 class Shape;
 class SkinPart;
 class SliceDataStorage;
@@ -229,7 +230,7 @@ class FffGcodeWriter : public NoCopy
      * \param total_layers The total number of layers.
      * \return The layer plans
      */
-    ProcessLayerResult processLayer(const SliceDataStorage& storage, LayerIndex layer_nr, const size_t total_layers) const;
+    ProcessLayerResult processLayer(const SliceDataStorage& storage, LayerIndex layer_nr, const size_t total_layers, const std::optional<Image>& slice_id_texture) const;
 
     /*!
      * This function checks whether prime blob should happen for any extruder on the first layer.

include/LayerPlan.h

@@ -835,6 +835,10 @@ class LayerPlan : public NoCopy
      */
     void applyGradualFlow();
 
+    /*!
+     */
+    void applyIdLabel(const Image& slice_id_texture);
+
     /*!
      * Gets the mesh being printed first on this layer
      */
@@ -917,6 +921,7 @@ class LayerPlan : public NoCopy
         const coord_t path_z_offset,
         double extrusion_mm3_per_mm,
         PrintFeatureType feature,
+        const std::optional<std::string_view>& inline_comment = std::nullopt,
         bool update_extrusion_offset = false);
 
     /*!

include/TextureDataMapping.h

@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
 #include <map>
 #include <string>
 
+#include <fmt/format.h>
+
+#include "utils/Point2F.h"
+
 namespace cura
 {
 
@@ -32,5 +36,26 @@ enum class TextureArea
     Avoid = 2, // Area is to be avoided
 };
 
+using Texel = std::pair<TextureArea, Point2F>;
+
 } // namespace cura
+
+namespace fmt
+{
+template<>
+struct formatter<cura::TextureBitField>
+{
+    constexpr auto parse(format_parse_context& ctx)
+    {
+        return ctx.end();
+    }
+
+    template<typename FormatContext>
+    auto format(const cura::TextureBitField& tbf, FormatContext& ctx) const
+    {
+        return format_to(ctx.out(), "[{} -- {}]", tbf.bit_range_start_index, tbf.bit_range_end_index);
+    }
+};
+} // namespace fmt
+
 #endif // MESH_H

include/TextureDataProvider.h

@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ class TextureDataProvider
 
     std::optional<TextureArea> getAreaPreference(const Point2LL& position, const std::string& feature) const;
 
+    bool getTexelsForSpan(const Point2LL& a, const Point2LL& b, const std::string& feature, std::vector<Texel>& res) const;
+
 private:
     std::shared_ptr<SlicedUVCoordinates> uv_coordinates_;
     std::shared_ptr<Image> texture_;

include/gcodeExport.h

@@ -372,7 +372,13 @@ class GCodeExport : public NoCopy
      * \param feature the feature that's currently printing
      * \param update_extrusion_offset whether to update the extrusion offset to match the current flow rate
      */
-    void writeExtrusion(const Point2LL& p, const Velocity& speed, double extrusion_mm3_per_mm, PrintFeatureType feature, bool update_extrusion_offset = false);
+    void writeExtrusion(
+        const Point2LL& p,
+        const Velocity& speed,
+        double extrusion_mm3_per_mm,
+        PrintFeatureType feature,
+        const std::optional<std::string_view>& inline_comment = std::nullopt,
+        bool update_extrusion_offset = false);
 
     /*!
      * Go to a X/Y location with the z-hopped Z value
@@ -396,7 +402,13 @@ class GCodeExport : public NoCopy
      * \param feature the feature that's currently printing
      * \param update_extrusion_offset whether to update the extrusion offset to match the current flow rate
      */
-    void writeExtrusion(const Point3LL& p, const Velocity& speed, double extrusion_mm3_per_mm, PrintFeatureType feature, bool update_extrusion_offset = false);
+    void writeExtrusion(
+        const Point3LL& p,
+        const Velocity& speed,
+        double extrusion_mm3_per_mm,
+        PrintFeatureType feature,
+        const std::optional<std::string_view>& inline_comment = std::nullopt,
+        bool update_extrusion_offset = false);
 
     /*!
      * Initialize the extruder trains.
@@ -471,6 +483,7 @@ class GCodeExport : public NoCopy
         const Velocity& speed,
         const double extrusion_mm3_per_mm,
         const PrintFeatureType& feature,
+        const std::optional<std::string_view>& inline_comment = std::nullopt,
         const bool update_extrusion_offset = false);
 
     /*!
@@ -490,6 +503,7 @@ class GCodeExport : public NoCopy
         const coord_t z,
         const double e,
         const PrintFeatureType& feature,
+        const std::optional<std::string_view>& inline_comment = std::nullopt,
         const std::optional<RetractionAmounts>& retraction_amounts = std::nullopt);
 
     /*!

include/geometry/Point3LL.h

@@ -49,12 +49,19 @@ class Point3LL
     Point3LL operator*(const Point3LL& p) const; //!< Element-wise multiplication. For dot product, use .dot()!
     Point3LL operator/(const Point3LL& p) const;
 
-    template<utils::numeric T>
+    template<utils::floating_point T>
     Point3LL operator*(const T& i) const
     {
         return { std::llround(static_cast<T>(x_) * i), std::llround(static_cast<T>(y_) * i), std::llround(static_cast<T>(z_) * i) };
     }
 
+    template<utils::integral T>
+    Point3LL operator*(const T& i) const
+    {
+        const coord_t ii = static_cast<coord_t>(i);
+        return { x_ * ii, y_ * ii, z_ * ii };
+    }
+
     template<utils::numeric T>
     Point3LL operator/(const T& i) const
     {

include/mesh.h

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "TextureDataMapping.h"
 #include "settings/Settings.h"
 #include "utils/AABB3D.h"
+#include "utils/IdFieldInfo.h"
 #include "utils/Matrix4x3D.h"
 #include "utils/Point2F.h"
 
@@ -100,6 +101,8 @@ class Image
         return getPixel(static_cast<size_t>(uv_coordinates.x_ * width_), static_cast<size_t>(uv_coordinates.y_ * height_));
     }
 
+    void visitSpanPerPixel(const Point2F& a, const Point2F& b, const std::function<void(const int32_t, const Point2F&)>& func) const;
+
 private:
     std::vector<uint8_t> data_; // The raw pixels, data
     size_t width_{ 0 }; // The image width
@@ -115,10 +118,13 @@ See MeshFace for the specifics of how/when faces are connected.
 */
 class Mesh
 {
+private:
     //! The vertex_hash_map stores a index reference of each vertex for the hash of that location. Allows for quick retrieval of points with the same location.
     std::unordered_map<uint32_t, std::vector<uint32_t>> vertex_hash_map_;
     AABB3D aabb_;
 
+    // std::optional<IdFieldInfo> id_field_info_;
+
 public:
     std::vector<MeshVertex> vertices_; //!< list of all vertices in the mesh
     std::vector<MeshFace> faces_; //!< list of all faces in the mesh

include/pathPlanning/GCodePath.h

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include "geometry/Point2LL.h"
 #include "settings/types/Ratio.h"
 #include "sliceDataStorage.h"
+#include "utils/Point2F.h"
 
 namespace cura
 {
@@ -46,6 +47,8 @@ struct GCodePath
     bool perform_z_hop{ false }; //!< Whether to perform a z_hop in this path, which is assumed to be a travel path.
     bool perform_prime{ false }; //!< Whether this path is preceded by a prime (blob)
     std::vector<Point3LL> points{}; //!< The points constituting this path. The Z coordinate is an offset relative to the actual layer height, added to the global z_offset.
+    std::optional<std::vector<Point2F>> idlabel_uv_per_point
+        = std::nullopt; //!< If this path is part of an ID-label, contains for each path-point an UV-point into the label-texture.
     bool done{ false }; //!< Path is finished, no more moves should be added, and a new path should be started instead of any appending done to this one.
     double fan_speed{ GCodePathConfig::FAN_SPEED_DEFAULT }; //!< fan speed override for this path, value should be within range 0-100 (inclusive) and ignored otherwise
     TimeMaterialEstimates estimates{}; //!< Naive time and material estimates

include/sliceDataStorage.h

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include "settings/types/LayerIndex.h"
 #include "utils/AABB.h"
 #include "utils/AABB3D.h"
+#include "utils/IdFieldInfo.h"
 #include "utils/NoCopy.h"
 
 namespace cura
@@ -307,6 +308,7 @@ class SliceMeshStorage
     Settings& settings;
     std::vector<SliceLayer> layers;
     std::string mesh_name;
+    std::optional<IdFieldInfo> id_field_info;
 
     LayerIndex layer_nr_max_filled_layer; //!< the layer number of the uppermost layer with content (modified while infill meshes are processed)
 
@@ -337,6 +339,10 @@ class SliceMeshStorage
      */
     SliceMeshStorage(Mesh* mesh, const size_t slice_layer_count);
 
+    /*!
+     */
+    void setIdFieldInfo(const std::vector<Point3LL>& label_pt_cloud);
+
     /*!
      * \param extruder_nr The extruder for which to check
      * \return whether a particular extruder is used by this mesh

include/utils/AABB3D.h

@@ -42,6 +42,14 @@ struct AABB3D
      */
     AABB flatten() const;
 
+    /*!
+     * Wether or not this repressents an actual box in 'real' space, not a _negative_ volume.
+     * Note that the volume might still be empty (== 0.0), which can happen if it repressents a(n axis aligned) plane, a line, or a point.
+     *
+     * \return Wether or not the space the box envelops is at least 0.
+     */
+    bool exists() const;
+
     /*!
      * Check whether this aabb overlaps with another.
      *

include/utils/IDFieldInfo.h

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2025 UltiMaker
+// CuraEngine is released under the terms of the AGPLv3 or higher
+
+#ifndef ID_FIELD_INFO_H
+#define ID_FIELD_INFO_H
+
+#include <optional>
+
+#include "geometry/Point3LL.h"
+#include "utils/AABB.h"
+#include "utils/Point2F.h"
+#include "utils/Point3D.h"
+
+namespace cura
+{
+const double CLOSE_1D = std::nextafter(1.0, 0.0);
+const float CLOSE_1F = std::nextafter(1.0f, 0.0f);
+// NOTE: nextafter isn't constexpr yet in c++20, replace with constexpr when we do C++23
+
+struct IdFieldInfo
+{
+    typedef std::pair<double, double> span_t;
+
+    Point3D primary_axis_;
+    span_t primary_span_;
+
+    Point3D secondary_axis_;
+    span_t secondary_span_;
+
+    Point3D normal_;
+
+public:
+    static std::optional<IdFieldInfo> fromPointCloud(const std::vector<Point3LL>& points);
+
+    Point2F worldPointToLabelUv(const Point3LL& pt) const;
+};
+} // namespace cura
+
+#endif // ID_FIELD_INFO_H

include/utils/LabelMaker.h

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2025 UltiMaker
+// CuraEngine is released under the terms of the AGPLv3 or higher
+
+#ifndef LABEL_MAKER_H
+#define LABEL_MAKER_H
+
+#include <string_view>
+#include <vector>
+
+namespace cura
+{
+void paintStringToBuffer(const std::string_view& str, const size_t buffer_width, const size_t buffer_height, std::vector<uint8_t>& buffer);
+}
+
+#endif // LABEL_MAKER_H

include/utils/Point2F.h

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 #ifndef POINT2F_H
 #define POINT2F_H
 
+#include <cmath>
+
 namespace cura
 {