ipptransform3d(1)

Name

ipptransform3d - convert 3d document data to alternate formats

Synopsis

ipptransform3d [ --help ] [ -d device-uri ] [ -i input/format ] [ -m output/format;machine=name ] [ -o "name=value [... name=value]" ] [ -v ] filename

Description

ipptransform3d converts the input file into the output format and optionally sends the output to a USB (serial) printer. ipptransform3d is normally run by ippserver(8) to convert document data for printing.

Options

The following options are recognized by ipptransform3d:

--help

Shows program help.

-d device-uri

Specifies an output device as a URI. Currently only the "usbserial" URI scheme is supported, for example "usbserial:///dev/ttyACM0" to send print data to an attached USB printer on Linux.

-i input/format

Specifies the MIME media type of the input file. Currently the "model/3mf" (3MF) and "application/sla" (STL) MIME media types are supported.

-m output/format;machine=name

Specifies the MIME media type of the output file. Currently only the "application/g-code" (G-code) MIME media type is supported. The "machine=name" parameter specifies a machine-specific variant such as "ultimaker2".

-o "name=value [... name=value]"

Specifies one or more named options for the conversion. Currently the "materials-col", "platform-temperature", "print-accuracy", "print-base", "print-quality", and "print-supports" options are supported. See the NAMED OPTIONS section for more information.

-v

Increases the verbosity for any diagnostics.

Named Options

The following named options are supported:

materials-col

Specifies the material(s) to use. Each value is surrounded by curley braces and contains a list of material properties and their values, e.g., '{material-diameter=285 material-type="pla" ...}'. The "material-diameter", "material-fill-density", "material-purpose", "material-rate", "material-rate-units", "material-shell-thickness", "material-temperature", and "material-type" properties are supported.

platform-temperature

Specifies the temperature of the build platform in degrees Celsius.

print-accuracy

Specifies the dimensional accuracy requirements for the print. For example, a horizontal accuracy of 0.1mm and vertical accuracy of 0.05mm is '{x-accuracy=100 y-accuracy=100 z-accuracy=50 accuracy-units=um}'.

print-base

Specifies whether brims, rafts, or skirts should be printed. The values 'none', 'brim', 'raft', and 'skirt' are supported.

print-quality

Specifies the print quality with value 3 (draft), 4 (normal), or 5 (high/best).

print-supports

Specifies whether supports are printed. The values 'none', 'material', and 'standard' are supported.

Diagnostics

ipptransform3d sends all messages to the standard error. Each message is prefixed with "ERROR", "INFO", or "DEBUG" depending on the level of verbosity.

Exit Status

The ipptransform3d program returns 0 if the input file is converted successfully and 1 otherwise.

Environment

ipptransform3d recognizes the following environment variables:

CONTENT_TYPE

Specifies the MIME media type of the input file.

DEVICE_URI

Specifies the output device as a URI.

DOCUMENT_NAME

Specifies the title of the input file.

IPP_xxx

Specifies the value of the "xxx" Job Template attribute, where "xxx" is converted to uppercase. For example, the "materials-col" Job Template attribute is stored as the "IPP_MATERIALS_COL" environment variable.

OUTPUT_TYPE

Specifies the MIME media type of the output file. For 'application/g-code' the "flavor" media type parameter specifies the variant of G-code to produce: 'bfb', 'griffin', 'mach3', 'makerbot', 'reprap' (default), 'reprap-volumatric', and 'ultimaker' are currently supported.

PRINTER_xxx_DEFAULT

Specifies the default value of the corresponding "xxx-default" Printer Description attribute, where "xxx" is converted to uppercase. For example, the "materials-col-default" Printer Description attribute is stored as the "PRINTER_MATERIALS_COL_DEFAULT" environment variable.

SERVER_LOGLEVEL

Specifies the log level (verbosity) as "error", "info", or "debug".

Examples

Print a 3MF file to a G-code printer connected via USB on Linux using the default options:

    ipptransform3d -d usbserial:///dev/usbACM0 -m application/g-code \
        filename.3mf

See Also

ippserver(8), ipptool(1), ipptransform(1)

Copyright

Copyright © 2016-2018 by the IEEE-ISTO Printer Working Group. Copyright © 2016-2018 by Apple Inc.