6.4420-Variable-Infill-Project

6.4420 Final Project: FEA Informed Variable FDM Infill Andrew Palleiko, Andrew Johnson, Dylan Ryan

Installing Matlab Engine in Python enviornment:

Install MATLAB Engine API for Python

• Download Matlab R2022b on machine
• Enter 'matlabroot' in command prompt on matlab. Copy output
• Navigate to base directory in terminal, and enter cd extern\engines\python
• The install the engine: python -m pip install matlabengine

Running slicer with FEA

• navigate to mandoline directory
• Enter mandoline --fea custom **for custom boundary conditions
• Enter mandoline --fea default **for default cube.stl boundary conditions
• stl file must be in stl_files folder
• output of matlab FEA scripts will land in fea_output.mat, and fea python class will handle conversion to python-friendly data structure