How the generator works
The lithophane lamp generator offers a simple and fast way to turn any image into a lithophane directly integrated on a convenient lampshade. The script is written in python and mainly relies on the main lithophane module which was originally written by Dirk Colbry and improved, expanded as well as tuned for speed by myself.
I added a few image processing features to allow the user to upload basically any image they want, improved a few slow librarys (switched to trimesh) and improved the watertight mesh generation which reduces slicer errors massively and allows further boolean operations.
Using trimesh the lithophane is then combined with the lampshade template and outputed to the user.
Things to note about the generator
The generator does not accept image resolutions above 4k and will end in an error. In this case you need to restart. Also anything above Full HD will be downscaled to avoid the server catching fire and the stl files getting excessivly large. The size of the resulting .stl file is about 40MB.
Detailed explation on how to build the lamp
For a detailed guide on how to build the lamp take a look at my build guide here.