Sirius3

A .NET-Based, All-IN-ONE Platform for Precision Laser Processing.

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Highlights

• SCANLAB RTC Controllers
  • RTC4 / RTC4e / RTC5 / RTC6 / RTC6e
  • XL-SCAN (RTC6 + ACS via syncAXIS)
• Measurement and Profiling
  • Log scanner trajectory and output signals with plotted graphs
• Powerful Marking Options
  • MoF (Marking on the Fly), 2nd head, 3D
  • Sky Writing Mode 1/2/3 and 4
• Ramp (Automatic Laser Control) – Position dependent
  • Velocity(set or actual) dependent
  • Encoder speed dependent
• Scanner Field Correction
  • 2D / 3D correction
• Laser Power Control
  • Frequency, Duty Cycle, Analog, Digital
  • Built-in vendor integrations: AdvancedOptoWave, Coherent, IPG, JPT, Photonics Industry, Spectra Physics and more
• Powermeters & Powermap
  • Coherent (PowerMax), Thorlabs (via OPM), Ophir (via StarLab)
  • Powermap-based output compensation
• Various Entities and Formats
  • Point(s), Line, Arc, Polyline, Triangle, Rectangle, Spiral, Trepan, Spline
  • Layer, Group, Block and BlockInsert
  • Text, SiriusText, ImageText, Circular Text
  • Image, DXF, HPGL, ZPL
  • QR, DataMatrix, PDF417 Barcodes
  • 3D Mesh Format like as STL, OBJ, PLY
• Open Architecture
  • Editor and laser-source control code are open for customization

Major Changes

• Faster rendering with updated shader engine
• 3D-printer features: slicer integration and contour extraction
• Multiple hatch patterns with path optimizer
• Scanner, layer pen property system
• Various rendering modes (per-vertex, Z-depth, etc.)
• Multi-page documents
• Built-in wafer, substrate editor
• Switchable camera: orthographic / perspective

Packages / DLLs

• SpiralLab.Sirius3.Dependencies — SCANLAB RTC4/5/6, syncAXIS runtime, fonts, sample data
• SpiralLab.Sirius3 — HAL controllers (scanner/laser/powermeter, etc.)
• SpiralLab.Sirius3.UI — Entities, 3D renderer, WinForms UI controls

Easy to update library files by NuGet package manager.

Platform targets

• net481
• net8.0-windows

System Requirements

• Windows 10/11 (x64)
• GPU/Driver with OpenGL 3.3 support (latest drivers strongly recommended)
• SCANLAB drivers/runtimes installed (see versions below)

Dependencies

• SCANLAB

  • RTC4: v2023.11.02
  • RTC5: v2024.09.27
  • RTC6: 2025.10.30 v1.22.1
  • syncAXIS: v1.8.2 (2023.03.09)

• .NET / OpenTK

  • net481
    • OpenTK 3.3.3
  • net8.0-windows
    • OpenTK 4.9.4
    • OpenTK.Mathematics 4.9.4
  • Common
    • Newtonsoft.Json 13.0.4
    • Microsoft.Extensions.Logging 8.0.1
    • Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions 8.0.3

Install Packages

• Add references

  • SpiralLab.Sirius3.Dependencies (https://www.nuget.org/packages/SpiralLab.Sirius3.Dependencies)
  • SpiralLab.Sirius3 (https://www.nuget.org/packages/SpiralLab.Sirius3)
  • SpiralLab.Sirius3.UI (https://www.nuget.org/packages/SpiralLab.Sirius3.UI)

• Create your devices like as scanner, laser, powermeter, marker, ... and attach them to SiriusEditorControl.

• Examples: https://github.com/labspiral/sirius3

Quick Start

Project settings

<PropertyGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)'=='net481'">
	<DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);OPENTK3</DefineConstants>
</PropertyGroup>

PropertyGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)'=='net8.0-windows'">
	<DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);OPENTK4</DefineConstants>
</PropertyGroup>

<ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)'=='net481'">
	<PackageReference Include="OpenTK" Version="3.3.3" />
</ItemGroup>
	
<ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)'=='net8.0-windows'">
	<PackageReference Include="OpenTK" Version="4.9.4" />
	<PackageReference Include="OpenTK.Mathematics" Version="4.9.4" />
</ItemGroup>

<ItemGroup>
	<PackageReference Include="SpiralLab.Sirius3.Dependencies" Version="*" />
	<PackageReference Include="SpiralLab.Sirius3" Version="*" />
	<PackageReference Include="SpiralLab.Sirius3.UI" Version="*" />
	<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions" Version="8.0.3" />
	<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging" Version="8.0.1" />
	<PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.4" />
</ItemGroup>

Example code

#if OPENTK3
    using OpenTK;
    using DVec3 = OpenTK.Vector3d;
#elif OPENTK4
    using OpenTK.Mathematics;
    using DVec3 = OpenTK.Mathematics.Vector3d;
#endif

public class MainForm : Form
{
    private readonly SiriusEditorControl editor = new SiriusEditorControl();

    public MainForm()
    {
        editor.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;
        Controls.Add(editor);
        Load += (s, e) =>
        {
            // 1. Create devices 
            var scanner =  ScannerFactory.Create ...
            scanner.Initialize();

            var laser = LaserFactory.Create ...
            laser.Initialize();

            var powerMeter = PowerMeterFactory.Create ...
            powerMeter.Initialize();

            var marker = MarkerFactory.Create ... 
            marker.Initialize();

            // 2. Assign into SiriusEditorControl
            editor.Scanner = scanner;
            editor.Laser = laser;
            editor.PowerMeter = powerMeter;
            editor.Marker = marker;
            
            // 3. Create entities
            var line = EntityFactory.CreateLine(new DVec3(0, 0, 0), new DVec3(10, 10, 0));
            editor.Document.ActAdd(line);
          
            var text = EntityFactory.CreateText("Arial", FontStyle.Regular, "SIRIUS3", 10);
            editor.Document.ActAdd(text);
            
            // 4. Ready marker
            marker.Ready(editor.Document, editor.View, scanner, laser, powerMeter);
        };
    }

    [STAThread]
    static void Main()
    {
        // Initialize sirius3 library
        SpiralLab.Sirius3.Core.Initialize();

        ...
        Application.Run(new MainForm());

        // Clean-up sirius3 library
        SpiralLab.Sirius3.Core.Cleanup();
    }
}

License

• Commercial license required for production use.
• See LICENSE.txt and THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.txt.
• Contact: hcchoi@spirallab.co.kr | https://spirallab.co.kr

Without a license key, the library runs in 30-minute evaluation mode.

Version history

• See HISTORY.md