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stl2dat conversion tool beta3
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Date:
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Mon, 14 Feb 2000 10:04:32 GMT
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A new release of stl2dat is available here
http://marc.klein.free.fr/stl2dat.html
It creates now correctly the type 2 lines.
I removed the bug with "partial adjacent facets". (was a silly bug,
triangles where merged too early)
The part name, author name and angle limit can be given in the command
line
Some explanation of the conversion
1. merge adjacent coplanar triangles to quad facet
2. detect cylinder primitive
3. create type 2 and type 5 lines
4. merge adjacent coplanar triangles to triangle
Ideas for future implementation
- Optional switch off of features of the program
- Merge contiguous aligned type 2 lines
- Merge triangles and quad when possible
- Optimize creation of type 5 lines : no creation of unnecessary lines
- Make a Dealaunay triangulation
- Detect disc, ring, cone pimitives
- Detect stud primitives
stl2dat is an utilitary tool to convert .stl files
issued from CAD software like Solidworks, Autocad, and many others to
.dat files for ldraw compatible programs.
I would appreciate any comments and suggestions.
Marc Klein
A Mindstorms fan.
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Message has 1 Reply:
 | | Re: stl2dat conversion tool beta3
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| (...) haven't eaten all weekend, cheesh, Boy was I ungry last Night. (...) OK. (...) Be carefull, with these merges, because every time you merge two polys, by a facet, you remove 1 or 2 points (tris or quads). And you can only due this if they are (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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