Target preparation

CALPrepTarget(stl_filename, resolution, verbose)

This function is used to prepare a target for optimization. It accepts a .stl file, a 3D matrix, or 2D matrix as the input. For .stl files, the function will voxelize the .stl file into a 3D matrix defined by the resolution input. For direct 2D or 3D matrices, the function will morphologically dilate the

For 3D matrices it should be used as:

T = CALPrepTarget([],[],verbose,target_3D);

For 2D matrices it should be used as:

T = CALPrepTarget([],[],verbose,target_2D);
Parameters

  • stl_filename - filepath to the .stl file

  • resolution - number of layers to slice the .stl file in the z-direction

  • verbose - to show additional details and plots during runtime

  • target_2D or target_3D - (optional) 2D or 3D matrix containing a binary target

Returns

  • target_obj - TargetObj object containing voxelized target (or 2D or 3D matrix), dilated target, and other relevant properties

Supporting Functions

prepTarget(target, verbose)
Parameters

  • target - 2D or 3D matrix containing the binary target

  • verbose

Returns

  • prepped_target - prepared target, dilated target, and other relevant properties

  • target_care_area - dilated target

voxelizeTarget(stl_filename, resolution, verbose)
Parameters

  • stl_filename - filepath to the .stl file

  • resolution - number of layers to slice the .stl file in the z-direction

  • verbose

Returns

  • voxelized_target - 3D matrix of voxelized .stl file

  • target_care_area - dilated target