Artisan’s documentation#

Artisan is an implicit modelling based tool for lattice generation. The code is based on Python and C++ in order to combining the development speed and computational efficiency.

This is a general guide of Artisan usage. This document is regularly updated to reflect the development progress of Artisan package, address applications of features and tips of usages.

Contents:

Introduction
- Overview
- Features
- Installation
- All-in-one package
- Basic Usage
- License
Tools
- ArtGUI
- Third Party Apps
Basics 01
- Fill a box
- Two Lattices
- Attractor
- Rotation and Translation
Basics 02
- Geometry
- Lattice Operation
- Boundary Inflation
Customization
- Strut Lattice
- TPMS Lattice
- Geometry Lattice
- Lattice Container
Mesh Lattice
Meshing 01
- Cartesian Mesher
- Surface Mesher for Quad Elements
- Voronoi Polygon
- Surface Remesh
- Stacked Layer Mesher
Meshing 02
- Tetrahedron Mesher
- Implicit Tetrahedron Mesher
- Mesh Container
Field Driven Meshing
- Scaler Field
- Geometry Field
Mesh Process
- Extract External Surface Mesh
- Octree Mesh
- Skin Regeneration
- Field Driven Modification
- PolyCube Generation
Conformal Lattice 01
- Lattice in hexahedron domain
- Lattice in tetrahedron domain
- Conformal Geometric Shape Lattice
- Joint Smooth Blending
Conformal Lattice 02
- PolyCube Generation
- Cartesian Meshing
- Pull back Transformation
- Recommendation
Surface Lattice
- Strut Surface Lattice
- Geometry Surface Lattice
Primitive Design
- Cylindrical Domain
- Spherical Domain
- Box Domain
- Primitive Shape and Geometry handling
Field Operation
- External Field Enhancement
- Geometry Feature Enhancement
- Mathematical Expression
- Geometry Field
Grid Field Container
Lattice Transition
- Simple Transition
- Field Based Transition
- Transition on Conformal Lattices
Compression
FEA Interface
- Mesh Export
- SDF Export
- Limitations
API Interface
- Python API
- C++ API
GUI for Artisan
- Launch Application
- Overview
- Load, Edit and Save
- Generate and View Model
- Help
Supports