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STLA format information and examples from John Burkardt
Author: John Burkardt Change: 08 Mar 2007 Tomasz Lis adjusted to new core A list of supported elements follows. Please modify if you'll enhance something. Format support note - reading: - unknown Format support note - writing: - unknown NOTE: support of this format is unfinished, it probably won't work. STLA Examples: solid MYSOLID facet normal 0.4 0.4 0.2 outerloop vertex 1.0 2.1 3.2 vertex 2.1 3.7 4.5 vertex 3.1 4.5 6.7 endloop endfacet ... facet normal 0.2 0.2 0.4 outerloop vertex 2.0 2.3 3.4 vertex 3.1 3.2 6.5 vertex 4.1 5.5 9.0 endloop endfacet endsolid MYSOLID STLB Example: 80 byte string = header containing nothing in particular 4 byte int = number of faces For each face: 3 4-byte floats = components of normal vector to face; 3 4-byte floats = coordinates of first node; 3 4-byte floats = coordinates of second node; 3 4-byte floats = coordinates of third and final node; 2-byte int = attribute, whose value is 0. Copying and copyrights: This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.