Thumbnail Renderer

Thumbnail Renderer is a docker container to generate a thumbnail from a 3D file. It uses :

• OpenCTM to convert the 3D file to stl.
• stl2pov for the conversion from stl to .pov format supported by Pov-Ray.
• Pov-Ray to render thumbnail.

example generated :

Build the container

docker build -t tag_name -f dockerfile_path path_to_the_folder_containing_the_docker_file

The -f tag is optional on LINUX if the Dockerfile is properly named (no file extension).

Run the container

docker run image_name -f|--filename name_of_the_file_without_extension -i|--input input_dir -o|--output output_dir -s|--status path_to_the_folder_where_to_write_the_status_json_file

parameter	example values
name_of_the_file_without_extension	my3dfile
input_dir	/app/files/input/
output_dir	/app/files/output/
path_to_the_folder_where_to_write_the_status_json_file	/app/files/output/

Parameters :

• name_of_the_file_without_extension : the name of the 3D file without the extension.
• input_dir: the relative or absolute path to the folder which contains the 3D file.
• output_dir: the relative or absolute path to the folder where the outputs folder will be stacked. Note that the path must exist.
• path_to_the_folder_where_to_write_the_status_json_file: the relative or absolute path to the folder which will contain the status.json file which consists in a live report of the process to use with the task actionner.