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Chop 3D models in half with a user-defined slice plane.

Choppy!

Chop 3D models in half with a user-defined slice plane.

Screenshot

Prerequisites

First, install Go, set your GOPATH, and make sure $GOPATH/bin is on your PATH.

brew install go # if using homebrew

# put these in .bash_profile or .zshrc
export GOPATH="$HOME/go"
export PATH="$PATH:$GOPATH/bin"

You may need to install prerequisites for the glfw library.

Installation

go get -u github.com/fogleman/choppy/cmd/choppy

Usage

choppy model.stl

Controls

  • Mouse: Arcball controls for the entire scene.
  • Cmd + Mouse: Orient the model.
  • Alt + Mouse: Orient the plane.
  • Cmd + Shift + Mouse: Pan the model.
  • Alt + Shift + Mouse: Pan the plane.
  • Space: Chop! Writes two STL files to disk.