Macro Z Height Map

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Description
Makes a grayscale height map in Z.

Macro version: 0.1
Last modified: 2022-08-28
Author: heda
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0.1
Date last modified
2022-08-28
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Description

Makes a grayscale height map from all visible objects with a volume in the active document. There is no GUI, options can be set in the macro file, the image file is saved with the document name.

Usage

Run the macro with an open document.

Install

Through the Addon manager.

Link

Forum: No dedicated thread, but sprung out of forum post.

Version

v0.1 2022-08-28 : first release

Script

Macro_Z_height_map.FCMacro

#!/usr/bin/env python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

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__Name__ = 'Z_height_map'
__Comment__ = 'Makes a grayscale heightmap in z'
__Author__ = 'heda @ fc-forum'
__Version__ = '0.1'
__Date__ = '2022-08-28'
__License__ = 'LGPL-2.0-or-later'
__Web__ = ''
__Wiki__ = 'https://wiki.freecadweb.org/Macro_Z_height_map'
__Icon__ = ''
__Help__ = 'Run macro and heightmap is created.'
__Status__ = 'Stable'
__Requires__ = 'tested on FreeCAD v0.20'
__Communication__ = 'forum'
__Files__ = ''


__doc__ = """
Makes the grayscale height map for all visible root objects with a volume
from the active document.

No gui, options can be set in macro-file.

png file saved with document name.
"""

import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from PIL import Image

pxpmm = 1 # pixels per mm
# adjust pxpmm up/down if there are bands in the heightmap
pad = 2
grayscale_compress = 0.1 # range 0 - 1
invert = False # grayscale, high is white with False

IMSHOW = True
IMSAVE = True
IMRESIZE = False # only saved pil-image, quicker than increase of pxpmm
imwidth = 500 # resizing does give artefacts, can change interpolation...

doc = App.ActiveDocument

shapes = list()
for obj in doc.Objects:
    if hasattr(obj, 'Shape'):
        if hasattr(obj.Shape, 'Volume'):
            if obj.Shape.Volume > 0:
                if obj.ViewObject.Visibility:
                    shapes.append(obj.Shape)

xmin, ymin, zmin =  (min((getattr(shp.BoundBox, f'{which}Min')
                          for shp in shapes)) for which in 'XYZ')
xmax, ymax, zmax =  (max((getattr(shp.BoundBox, f'{which}Max')
                          for shp in shapes)) for which in 'XYZ')

xspan, yspan, zspan = xmax - xmin, ymax - ymin, zmax - zmin
w, h = (int(span * pxpmm) for span in (xspan, yspan))
pic = np.zeros((w + 1, h + 1, len(shapes)))

print('w x h --> {} x {}'.format(w, h))
print('working on pixels, might take a while...')

for i, shape in enumerate(shapes):
    pv = shape.getPoints(1/pxpmm)
    zpoints = (p for p, v in zip(*pv) if v.z > 0)
    for zpoint in zpoints:
        x = round((zpoint.x - xmin) / xspan * w)
        y = round((zpoint.y - ymin) / yspan * h)
        pic[x, y, i] = zpoint.z

print('pic loop done')

pic = (pic.max(axis=2) - zmin) / zspan
im = np.zeros((w + 1 + 2 * pad, h + 1 + 2 * pad))
pic = (1 - grayscale_compress) * pic + grayscale_compress
im[pad:pad + w + 1, pad:pad + h + 1] = pic
im = (im.T * 255).astype(np.uint8)
h, w = im.shape

if invert:
    im = 255 - im
    print('grayscale inverted')

if IMSHOW:
    plt.imshow(im, cmap='gray', interpolation='none')
    plt.grid(color='r')
    plt.show()

if IMSAVE:
    with Image.fromarray(im, mode='L') as pim:
        if IMRESIZE:
            pim = pim.resize((imwidth, int(h * imwidth / w)),
                             Image.Resampling.LANCZOS)
            print('resized to:', pim.size)
        pim.save('{}.png'.format(doc.Name), mode='L')

print('height map done')