.SLC file format

• The .SLC file format is an ASCII text file format.
• Comments may be included. The begin with a "#" and end at the end of that line.
• Units are in inches.

• x,y,z should be positive floats in the range from 0 to 9 inches.
• Layer thicknesses (dz) range from 0.005 to 0.015 inches.
  The standard layer thickness is 0.010 inches.

Example:

The bold characters should be typed as is. The italic characters should be substituted with their corresponding values.

Slice V0             #  0 = zero
FILE(filename)       #  filename may include full path
SLICES()             #
Z z dz               #  z = absolute z of layer, dz = layer thickness
x y                  #  Provide the coordinates of the corner points
x y                  #  along each contour.  Do not duplicate the
x y                  #  first point.  The is no upper limit on the
x y                  #  number of points in a contour.
x y                  #
C                    #  Terminate the contour with a "C".
x y                  #  Begin the second contour on this level...
x y                  #
x y                  #
x y                  #
x y                  #
C                    #  Terminate the second contour.
Z z dz               #  Begin a new layer (z = z.old + dz)
x y                  #  Begin a new contour on a new level...
x y                  #
x y                  #
x y                  #
x y                  #
C                    #  Terminate the contour.
END                  #  All following lines are ignored.