Cura/plugins/CuraEngineBackend/CuraEngineBackend.py
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Contributes to issue CURA-1278.
2016-05-23 17:19:17 +02:00

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# Copyright (c) 2015 Ultimaker B.V.
# Cura is released under the terms of the AGPLv3 or higher.
from UM.Backend.Backend import Backend
from UM.Application import Application
from UM.Scene.SceneNode import SceneNode
from UM.Preferences import Preferences
from UM.Signal import Signal
from UM.Logger import Logger
from UM.Qt.Bindings.BackendProxy import BackendState #To determine the state of the slicing job.
from UM.Message import Message
from UM.PluginRegistry import PluginRegistry
from UM.Resources import Resources
from cura.OneAtATimeIterator import OneAtATimeIterator
from . import ProcessSlicedLayersJob
from . import ProcessGCodeJob
from . import StartSliceJob
import os
import sys
from PyQt5.QtCore import QTimer
import Arcus
from UM.i18n import i18nCatalog
catalog = i18nCatalog("cura")
class CuraEngineBackend(Backend):
## Starts the back-end plug-in.
#
# This registers all the signal listeners and prepares for communication
# with the back-end in general.
def __init__(self):
super().__init__()
# Find out where the engine is located, and how it is called. This depends on how Cura is packaged and which OS we are running on.
default_engine_location = os.path.join(Application.getInstallPrefix(), "bin", "CuraEngine")
if hasattr(sys, "frozen"):
default_engine_location = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(sys.executable)), "CuraEngine")
if sys.platform == "win32":
default_engine_location += ".exe"
default_engine_location = os.path.abspath(default_engine_location)
Preferences.getInstance().addPreference("backend/location", default_engine_location)
self._scene = Application.getInstance().getController().getScene()
self._scene.sceneChanged.connect(self._onSceneChanged)
# Workaround to disable layer view processing if layer view is not active.
self._layer_view_active = False
Application.getInstance().getController().activeViewChanged.connect(self._onActiveViewChanged)
self._onActiveViewChanged()
self._stored_layer_data = []
#When you update a setting and other settings get changed through inheritance, many propertyChanged signals are fired.
#This timer will group them up, and only slice for the last setting changed signal.
#TODO: Properly group propertyChanged signals by whether they are triggered by the same user interaction.
self._change_timer = QTimer()
self._change_timer.setInterval(500)
self._change_timer.setSingleShot(True)
self._change_timer.timeout.connect(self.slice)
#Listeners for receiving messages from the back-end.
self._message_handlers["cura.proto.Layer"] = self._onLayerMessage
self._message_handlers["cura.proto.Progress"] = self._onProgressMessage
self._message_handlers["cura.proto.GCodeLayer"] = self._onGCodeLayerMessage
self._message_handlers["cura.proto.GCodePrefix"] = self._onGCodePrefixMessage
self._message_handlers["cura.proto.ObjectPrintTime"] = self._onObjectPrintTimeMessage
self._message_handlers["cura.proto.SlicingFinished"] = self._onSlicingFinishedMessage
self._slicing = False #Are we currently slicing?
self._restart = False #Back-end is currently restarting?
self._enabled = True #Should we be slicing? Slicing might be paused when, for instance, the user is dragging the mesh around.
self._always_restart = True #Always restart the engine when starting a new slice. Don't keep the process running. TODO: Fix engine statelessness.
self._process_layers_job = None #The currently active job to process layers, or None if it is not processing layers.
self._message = None #Pop-up message that shows the slicing progress bar (or an error message).
self.backendQuit.connect(self._onBackendQuit)
self.backendConnected.connect(self._onBackendConnected)
#When a tool operation is in progress, don't slice. So we need to listen for tool operations.
Application.getInstance().getController().toolOperationStarted.connect(self._onToolOperationStarted)
Application.getInstance().getController().toolOperationStopped.connect(self._onToolOperationStopped)
## Called when closing the application.
#
# This function should terminate the engine process.
def close(self):
# Terminate CuraEngine if it is still running at this point
self._terminate()
super().close()
## Get the command that is used to call the engine.
# This is useful for debugging and used to actually start the engine.
# \return list of commands and args / parameters.
def getEngineCommand(self):
active_machine = Application.getInstance().getMachineManager().getActiveMachineInstance()
json_path = ""
if not active_machine:
json_path = Resources.getPath(Resources.MachineDefinitions, "fdmprinter.json")
else:
json_path = active_machine.getMachineDefinition().getPath()
return [Preferences.getInstance().getValue("backend/location"), "connect", "127.0.0.1:{0}".format(self._port), "-j", json_path, "-vv"]
## Emitted when we get a message containing print duration and material amount. This also implies the slicing has finished.
# \param time The amount of time the print will take.
# \param material_amount The amount of material the print will use.
printDurationMessage = Signal()
## Emitted when the slicing process starts.
slicingStarted = Signal()
## Emitted when the slicing process is aborted forcefully.
slicingCancelled = Signal()
## Perform a slice of the scene.
def slice(self):
if not self._enabled:
return
if self._slicing:
self._terminate()
if self._message:
self._message.hide()
self._message = None
return
if self._process_layers_job:
self._process_layers_job.abort()
self._process_layers_job = None
#TODO: Re-add don't slice with error stuff.
#if self._profile.hasErrorValue():
# Logger.log("w", "Profile has error values. Aborting slicing")
# if self._message:
# self._message.hide()
# self._message = None
# self._message = Message(catalog.i18nc("@info:status", "Unable to slice. Please check your setting values for errors."))
# self._message.show()
# return #No slicing if we have error values since those are by definition illegal values.
self.processingProgress.emit(0.0)
self.backendStateChange.emit(BackendState.NOT_STARTED)
if self._message:
self._message.setProgress(-1)
#else:
# self._message = Message(catalog.i18nc("@info:status", "Slicing..."), 0, False, -1)
# self._message.show()
self._scene.gcode_list = []
self._slicing = True
self.slicingStarted.emit()
job = StartSliceJob.StartSliceJob(self._profile, self._socket)
job.start()
job.finished.connect(self._onStartSliceCompleted)
def _terminate(self):
self._slicing = False
self._restart = True
self._stored_layer_data = []
self.slicingCancelled.emit()
self.processingProgress.emit(0)
Logger.log("d", "Attempting to kill the engine process")
if self._process is not None:
Logger.log("d", "Killing engine process")
try:
self._process.terminate()
Logger.log("d", "Engine process is killed. Received return code %s", self._process.wait())
self._process = None
#self._createSocket() # Re create the socket
except Exception as e: # terminating a process that is already terminating causes an exception, silently ignore this.
Logger.log("d", "Exception occured while trying to kill the engine %s", str(e))
def _onStartSliceCompleted(self, job):
if job.getError() or job.getResult() != True:
if self._message:
self._message.hide()
self._message = None
return
def _onSceneChanged(self, source):
if type(source) is not SceneNode:
return
if source is self._scene.getRoot():
return
if source.getMeshData() is None:
return
if source.getMeshData().getVertices() is None:
return
self._onChanged()
def _onSocketError(self, error):
if Application.getInstance().isShuttingDown():
return
super()._onSocketError(error)
self._terminate()
if error.getErrorCode() not in [Arcus.ErrorCode.BindFailedError, Arcus.ErrorCode.ConnectionResetError, Arcus.ErrorCode.Debug]:
Logger.log("e", "A socket error caused the connection to be reset")
def _onActiveProfileChanged(self):
if self._profile:
self._profile.settingValueChanged.disconnect(self._onSettingChanged)
self._profile = Application.getInstance().getMachineManager().getWorkingProfile()
if self._profile:
self._profile.settingValueChanged.connect(self._onSettingChanged)
self._onChanged()
def _onSettingChanged(self, setting):
self._onChanged()
def _onLayerMessage(self, message):
self._stored_layer_data.append(message)
def _onProgressMessage(self, message):
if self._message:
self._message.setProgress(round(message.amount * 100))
self.processingProgress.emit(message.amount)
self.backendStateChange.emit(BackendState.PROCESSING)
def _onSlicingFinishedMessage(self, message):
self.backendStateChange.emit(BackendState.DONE)
self.processingProgress.emit(1.0)
self._slicing = False
if self._message:
self._message.setProgress(100)
self._message.hide()
self._message = None
if self._layer_view_active and (self._process_layers_job is None or not self._process_layers_job.isRunning()):
self._process_layers_job = ProcessSlicedLayersJob.ProcessSlicedLayersJob(self._stored_layer_data)
self._process_layers_job.start()
self._stored_layer_data = []
def _onGCodeLayerMessage(self, message):
self._scene.gcode_list.append(message.data.decode("utf-8", "replace"))
def _onGCodePrefixMessage(self, message):
self._scene.gcode_list.insert(0, message.data.decode("utf-8", "replace"))
def _onObjectPrintTimeMessage(self, message):
self.printDurationMessage.emit(message.time, message.material_amount)
def _createSocket(self):
super()._createSocket(os.path.abspath(os.path.join(PluginRegistry.getInstance().getPluginPath(self.getPluginId()), "Cura.proto")))
## Manually triggers a reslice
def forceSlice(self):
self._change_timer.start()
def _onChanged(self):
self._change_timer.start()
def _onBackendConnected(self):
if self._restart:
self._onChanged()
self._restart = False
def _onToolOperationStarted(self, tool):
self._terminate() # Do not continue slicing once a tool has started
self._enabled = False # Do not reslice when a tool is doing it's 'thing'
def _onToolOperationStopped(self, tool):
self._enabled = True # Tool stop, start listening for changes again.
def _onActiveViewChanged(self):
if Application.getInstance().getController().getActiveView():
view = Application.getInstance().getController().getActiveView()
if view.getPluginId() == "LayerView":
self._layer_view_active = True
# There is data and we're not slicing at the moment
# if we are slicing, there is no need to re-calculate the data as it will be invalid in a moment.
if self._stored_layer_data and not self._slicing:
self._process_layers_job = ProcessSlicedLayersJob.ProcessSlicedLayersJob(self._stored_layer_data)
self._process_layers_job.start()
self._stored_layer_data = []
else:
self._layer_view_active = False
def _onInstanceChanged(self):
self._terminate()
def _onBackendQuit(self):
if not self._restart and self._process:
Logger.log("d", "Backend quit with return code %s. Resetting process and socket.", self._process.wait())
self._process = None
self._createSocket()