trimesh.path.path¶

path.py¶

A module designed to work with vector paths such as those stored in a DXF or SVG file.

Classes

`Path`([entities, vertices, metadata, …])	A Path object consists of vertices and entities.
`Path2D`([entities, vertices, metadata, …])	Hold multiple vector curves (lines, arcs, splines, etc) in 3D.
`Path3D`([entities, vertices, metadata, …])	Hold multiple vector curves (lines, arcs, splines, etc) in 3D.

class trimesh.path.path.Path(entities=None, vertices=None, metadata=None, process=True, colors=None, **kwargs)¶

Bases: object

A Path object consists of vertices and entities. Vertices are a simple (n, dimension) float array of points in space.

Entities are a list of objects representing geometric primitives, such as Lines, Arcs, BSpline, etc. All entities reference vertices by index, so any transform applied to the simple vertex array is applied to the entity.

Methods

`apply_layer`(name)	Apply a layer name to every entity in the path.
`apply_scale`(scale)	Apply a transformation matrix to the current path in- place
`apply_transform`(transform)	Apply a transformation matrix to the current path in- place
`apply_translation`(offset)	Apply a transformation matrix to the current path in- place
`colors_crc`()	A CRC of the current entity colors.
`convert_units`(desired[, guess])	Convert the units of the current drawing in place.
`copy`()	Get a copy of the current mesh
`crc`()	A CRC of the current vertices and entities.
`discretize_path`(path)	Given a list of entities, return a list of connected points.
`explode`()	Turn every multi- segment entity into single segment entities in- place.
`export`([file_obj, file_type])	Export the path to a file object or return data.
`fill_gaps`([distance])	Find vertices without degree 2 and try to connect to other vertices.
`md5`()	An MD5 hash of the current vertices and entities.
`merge_vertices`([digits])	Merges vertices which are identical and replace references
`process`()	Apply basic cleaning functions to the Path object in- place.
`remove_duplicate_entities`()	Remove entities that are duplicated
`remove_entities`(entity_ids)	Remove entities by index.
`remove_invalid`()	Remove entities which declare themselves invalid
`remove_unreferenced_vertices`()	Removes all vertices which aren’t used by an entity.
`replace_vertex_references`(mask)	Replace the vertex index references in every entity.
`rezero`()	Translate so that every vertex is positive in the current mesh is positive.
`scene`()	Get a scene object containing the current Path3D object.
`to_dict`()

Attributes

`bounds`	Return the axis aligned bounding box of the current path.
`centroid`	Return the centroid of axis aligned bounding box enclosing all entities of the path object.
`colors`	Colors are stored per-entity.
`dangling`	List of entities that aren’t included in a closed path
`discrete`	A sequence of connected vertices in space, corresponding to self.paths.
`entities`	The actual entities making up the path.
`extents`	The size of the axis aligned bounding box.
`is_closed`	Are all entities connected to other entities.
`is_empty`	Are any entities defined for the current path.
`kdtree`	A KDTree object holding the vertices of the path.
`layers`	Get a list of the layer for every entity.
`length`	The total discretized length of every entity.
`paths`	Sequence of closed paths, encoded by entity index.
`referenced_vertices`	Which vertices are referenced by an entity.
`scale`	What is a representitive number that reflects the magnitude of the world holding the paths, for numerical comparisons.
`units`	If there are units defined in self.metadata return them.
`vertex_graph`	Return a networkx.Graph object for the entity connectiviy
`vertex_nodes`	Get a list of which vertex indices are nodes, which are either endpoints or points where the entity makes a direction change.
`vertices`

apply_layer(name)¶

Apply a layer name to every entity in the path.

Parameters: name (str) – Apply layer name to every entity

apply_scale(scale)¶

Apply a transformation matrix to the current path in- place

Parameters: scale (float or (3,) float) – Scale to be applied to mesh

apply_transform(transform)¶

Apply a transformation matrix to the current path in- place

Parameters: transform ((d+1, d+1) float) – Homogeneous transformations for vertices

apply_translation(offset)¶

Apply a transformation matrix to the current path in- place

Parameters: offset (float or (3,) float) – Translation to be applied to mesh

property bounds¶

Return the axis aligned bounding box of the current path.

Returns: bounds – AABB with (min, max) coordinates
Return type: (2, dimension) float

property centroid¶

Return the centroid of axis aligned bounding box enclosing all entities of the path object.

Returns: centroid – Approximate centroid of the path
Return type: (d,) float

property colors¶

Colors are stored per-entity.

Returns: colors – RGBA colors for each entity
Return type: (len(entities), 4) uint8

colors_crc()¶

A CRC of the current entity colors.

Returns: crc – CRC of the current entity colors
Return type: int

convert_units(desired, guess=False)¶

Convert the units of the current drawing in place.

Parameters

desired (str) – Unit system to convert to
guess (bool) – If True will attempt to guess units

copy()¶

Get a copy of the current mesh

Returns: copied – Copy of self
Return type: Path object

crc()¶

A CRC of the current vertices and entities.

Returns: crc – CRC of entity points and vertices
Return type: int

property dangling¶

List of entities that aren’t included in a closed path

Returns: dangling – Index of self.entities
Return type: (n,) int

property discrete¶

A sequence of connected vertices in space, corresponding to self.paths.

Returns: discrete – A sequence of (m*, dimension) float
Return type: (len(self.paths),)

discretize_path(path)¶

Given a list of entities, return a list of connected points.

Parameters: path ((n,) int, indexes of self.entities) –
Returns: discrete
Return type: (m, dimension)

property entities¶

The actual entities making up the path.

Returns: entities – Entities such as Line, Arc, or BSpline curves
Return type: (n,) trimesh.path.entities.Entity

explode()¶: Turn every multi- segment entity into single segment entities in- place.

export(file_obj=None, file_type=None, **kwargs)¶

Export the path to a file object or return data.

Parameters

file_obj (None, str, or file object) – File object or string to export to
file_type (None or str) – Type of file: dxf, dict, svg

Returns

exported – Exported as specified type

Return type

bytes or str

property extents¶

The size of the axis aligned bounding box.

Returns: extents – Edge length of AABB
Return type: (dimension,) float

fill_gaps(distance=0.025)¶

Find vertices without degree 2 and try to connect to other vertices. Operations are done in-place.

Parameters: distance (float) – Connect vertices up to this distance

property is_closed¶

Are all entities connected to other entities.

Returns: closed – Every entity is connected at its ends
Return type: bool

property is_empty¶

Are any entities defined for the current path.

Returns: empty – True if no entities are defined
Return type: bool

property kdtree¶

A KDTree object holding the vertices of the path.

Returns: kdtree – Object holding self.vertices
Return type: scipy.spatial.cKDTree

property layers¶

Get a list of the layer for every entity.

Returns: layers – Whatever is stored in each entity.layer
Return type: (len(entities), ) any

property length¶

The total discretized length of every entity.

Returns: length
Return type: float, summed length of every entity

md5()¶

An MD5 hash of the current vertices and entities.

Returns: md5 – Appended MD5 hashes
Return type: str

merge_vertices(digits=None)¶

Merges vertices which are identical and replace references by altering self.entities and self.vertices

Parameters: digits (None, or int) – How many digits to consider when merging vertices

property paths¶

Sequence of closed paths, encoded by entity index.

Returns: paths – Referencing self.entities
Return type: (n,) sequence of (*,) int

process()¶: Apply basic cleaning functions to the Path object in- place.

property referenced_vertices¶

Which vertices are referenced by an entity.

Returns: referenced_vertices
Return type: (n,) int, indexes of self.vertices

remove_duplicate_entities()¶

Remove entities that are duplicated

self.entities: length same or shorter

remove_entities(entity_ids)¶

Remove entities by index.

Parameters: entity_ids ((n,) int) – Indexes of self.entities to remove

remove_invalid()¶

Remove entities which declare themselves invalid

self.entities: shortened

remove_unreferenced_vertices()¶

Removes all vertices which aren’t used by an entity.

self.vertices: reordered and shortened self.entities: entity.points references updated

replace_vertex_references(mask)¶

Replace the vertex index references in every entity.

Parameters

mask ((len(self.vertices), ) int) – Contains new vertex indexes
Alters –
------------ –
in self.entities (entity.points) – Replaced by mask[entity.points]

rezero()¶

Translate so that every vertex is positive in the current mesh is positive.

Returns: matrix – Homogeneous transformations that was applied to the current Path object.
Return type: (dimension + 1, dimension + 1) float

property scale¶

What is a representitive number that reflects the magnitude of the world holding the paths, for numerical comparisons.

Returns: scale – Approximate size of the world holding this path
Return type: float

scene()¶

Get a scene object containing the current Path3D object.

Returns: scene
Return type: trimesh.scene.Scene object containing current path

to_dict()¶

property units¶

If there are units defined in self.metadata return them.

Returns: units – Current unit system
Return type: str

property vertex_graph¶

Return a networkx.Graph object for the entity connectiviy

graphnetworkx.Graph: Holds vertex indexes

property vertex_nodes¶

Get a list of which vertex indices are nodes, which are either endpoints or points where the entity makes a direction change.

Returns: nodes – Indexes of self.vertices which are nodes
Return type: (n, 2) int

property vertices¶

class trimesh.path.path.Path2D(entities=None, vertices=None, metadata=None, process=True, colors=None, **kwargs)¶

Bases: trimesh.path.path.Path

Hold multiple vector curves (lines, arcs, splines, etc) in 3D.

Methods

`apply_obb`()	Transform the current path so that its OBB is axis aligned and OBB center is at the origin.
`connected_paths`(path_id[, include_self])	Given an index of self.paths find other paths which overlap with that path.
`extrude`(height, **kwargs)	Extrude the current 2D path into a 3D mesh.
`medial_axis`([resolution, clip])	Find the approximate medial axis based on a voronoi diagram of evenly spaced points on the boundary of the polygon.
`plot_discrete`([show, annotations])	Plot the closed curves of the path.
`plot_entities`([show, annotations, color])	Plot the entities of the path, with no notion of topology
`rasterize`(pitch, origin[, resolution, fill, …])	Rasterize a Path2D object into a boolean image (“mode 1”).
`sample`(count, **kwargs)	Use rejection sampling to generate random points inside a polygon.
`show`([annotations])	Plot the current Path2D object using matplotlib.
`simplify`(**kwargs)	Return a version of the current path with colinear segments merged, and circles entities replacing segmented circular paths.
`simplify_spline`([smooth, verbose])	Convert paths into b-splines.
`split`(**kwargs)	If the current Path2D consists of n ‘root’ curves,
`to_3D`([transform])	Convert 2D path to 3D path on the XY plane.
`triangulate`(**kwargs)	Create a region- aware triangulation of the 2D path.

Attributes

`area`	Return the area of the polygons interior.
`body_count`
`enclosure`	Networkx Graph object of polygon enclosure.
`enclosure_directed`	Networkx DiGraph of polygon enclosure
`enclosure_shell`	A dictionary of path indexes which are ‘shell’ paths, and values of ‘hole’ paths.
`identifier`	A unique identifier for the path.
`identifier_md5`	Return an MD5 of the identifier
`obb`	Get a transform that centers and aligns the OBB of the referenced vertices with the XY axis.
`path_valid`	returns: path_valid – which are valid polygons
`polygons_closed`	Cycles in the vertex graph, as shapely.geometry.Polygons.
`polygons_full`	A list of shapely.geometry.Polygon objects with interiors created by checking which closed polygons enclose which other polygons.
`root`	Which indexes of self.paths/self.polygons_closed are root curves.

apply_obb()¶

Transform the current path so that its OBB is axis aligned and OBB center is at the origin.

Returns: obb – Homogeneous transformation matrix
Return type: (3, 3) float

property area¶

Return the area of the polygons interior.

Returns: area
Return type: float, total area of polygons minus interiors

property body_count¶

connected_paths(path_id, include_self=False)¶

Given an index of self.paths find other paths which overlap with that path.

Parameters

path_id (int) – Index of self.paths
include_self (bool) – Should the result include path_id or not

Returns

path_ids – Indexes of self.paths that overlap input path_id

Return type

(n, ) int

property enclosure¶: Networkx Graph object of polygon enclosure.

property enclosure_directed¶: Networkx DiGraph of polygon enclosure

property enclosure_shell¶

A dictionary of path indexes which are ‘shell’ paths, and values of ‘hole’ paths.

Returns: corresponding
Return type: dict, {index of self.paths of shell : [indexes of holes]}

extrude(height, **kwargs)¶

Extrude the current 2D path into a 3D mesh.

Parameters

height (float, how far to extrude the profile) –
kwargs (passed directly to meshpy.triangle.build:) –

triangle.build(mesh_info,
verbose=False, refinement_func=None, attributes=False, volume_constraints=True, max_volume=None, allow_boundary_steiner=True, allow_volume_steiner=True, quality_meshing=True, generate_edges=None, generate_faces=False, min_angle=None)

Returns

mesh

Return type

trimesh object representing extruded polygon

property identifier¶

A unique identifier for the path.

Returns: identifier
Return type: (5,) float, unique identifier

property identifier_md5¶: Return an MD5 of the identifier

medial_axis(resolution=None, clip=None)¶

Find the approximate medial axis based on a voronoi diagram of evenly spaced points on the boundary of the polygon.

Parameters

resolution (None or float) – Distance between each sample on the polygon boundary
clip (None, or (2,) float) – Min, max number of samples

Returns

medial – Contains only medial axis of Path

Return type

Path2D object

property obb¶

Get a transform that centers and aligns the OBB of the referenced vertices with the XY axis.

Returns: obb – Homogeneous transformation matrix
Return type: (3, 3) float

property path_valid¶: returns: path_valid – which are valid polygons :rtype: (n,) bool, indexes of self.paths self.polygons_closed

plot_discrete(show=False, annotations=True)¶: Plot the closed curves of the path.

plot_entities(show=False, annotations=True, color=None)¶: Plot the entities of the path, with no notion of topology

property polygons_closed¶

Cycles in the vertex graph, as shapely.geometry.Polygons. These are polygon objects for every closed circuit, with no notion of whether a polygon is a hole or an area. Every polygon in this list will have an exterior, but NO interiors.

Returns: polygons_closed
Return type: (n,) list of shapely.geometry.Polygon objects

property polygons_full¶

A list of shapely.geometry.Polygon objects with interiors created by checking which closed polygons enclose which other polygons.

Returns: full – Polygons containing interiors
Return type: (len(self.root),) shapely.geometry.Polygon

rasterize(pitch, origin, resolution=None, fill=True, width=None, **kwargs)¶

Rasterize a Path2D object into a boolean image (“mode 1”).

Parameters

pitch (float, length in model space of a pixel edge) –
origin ((2,) float, origin position in model space) –
resolution ((2,) int, resolution in pixel space) –
fill (bool, if True will return closed regions as filled) –
width (int, if not None will draw outline this wide (pixels)) –

Returns

raster

Return type

PIL.Image object, mode 1

property root¶

Which indexes of self.paths/self.polygons_closed are root curves. Also known as ‘shell’ or ‘exterior.

Returns: root
Return type: (n,) int, list of indexes

sample(count, **kwargs)¶

Use rejection sampling to generate random points inside a polygon.

Parameters

count (int) – Number of points to return If there are multiple bodies, there will be up to count * bodies points returned
factor (float) – How many points to test per loop IE, count * factor
max_iter (int,) – Maximum number of intersection loops to run, total points sampled is count * factor * max_iter

Returns

hit – Random points inside polygon

Return type

(n, 2) float

show(annotations=True)¶: Plot the current Path2D object using matplotlib.

simplify(**kwargs)¶

Return a version of the current path with colinear segments merged, and circles entities replacing segmented circular paths.

Returns: simplified
Return type: Path2D object

simplify_spline(smooth=0.0002, verbose=False)¶

Convert paths into b-splines.

Parameters

smooth (float) – How much the spline should smooth the curve
verbose (bool) – Print detailed log messages

Returns

simplified – Discrete curves replaced with splines

Return type

Path2D

split(**kwargs)¶

If the current Path2D consists of n ‘root’ curves, split them into a list of n Path2D objects

Returns: split – Each connected region and interiors
Return type: (n,) list of Path2D objects

to_3D(transform=None)¶

Convert 2D path to 3D path on the XY plane.

Parameters: transform ((4, 4) float) – If passed, will transform vertices. If not passed and ‘to_3D’ is in metadata that transform will be used.
Returns: path_3D
Return type: Path3D version of current path

triangulate(**kwargs)¶

Create a region- aware triangulation of the 2D path.

Parameters

**kwargs (dict) – Passed to trimesh.creation.triangulate_polygon

Returns

vertices ((n, 2) float) – 2D vertices of triangulation
faces ((n, 3) int) – Indexes of vertices for triangles

class trimesh.path.path.Path3D(entities=None, vertices=None, metadata=None, process=True, colors=None, **kwargs)¶

Bases: trimesh.path.path.Path

Hold multiple vector curves (lines, arcs, splines, etc) in 3D.

Methods

`plot_discrete`([show])	Plot closed curves
`plot_entities`([show])	Plot discrete version of entities without regards for connectivity.
`show`(**kwargs)	Show the current Path3D object.
`to_planar`([to_2D, normal, check])	Check to see if current vectors are all coplanar.

plot_discrete(show=False)¶

Plot closed curves

Parameters: show (bool) – If False will not execute matplotlib.pyplot.show

plot_entities(show=False)¶

Plot discrete version of entities without regards for connectivity.

Parameters: show (bool) – If False will not execute matplotlib.pyplot.show

show(**kwargs)¶: Show the current Path3D object.

to_planar(to_2D=None, normal=None, check=True)¶

Check to see if current vectors are all coplanar.

If they are, return a Path2D and a transform which will transform the 2D representation back into 3 dimensions

Parameters

to_2D ((4,4) float) – Homogeneous transformation matrix to apply, If not passed a plane will be fitted to vertices.
normal ((3,) float, or None) – Approximate normal of direction of plane If to_2D is not specified sign will be applied to fit plane normal
check (bool) – If True: Raise a ValueError if points aren’t coplanar

Returns

planar (trimesh.path.Path2D) – Current path transformed onto plane
to_3D ((4,4) float) – Homeogenous transformations to move planar back into 3D space