# Python: module skeinforge_tools.import_plugins.stl

skeinforge_tools.import_plugins.stl ($Date: 2008/21/04 $) | index /home/enrique/Desktop/backup/babbleold/script/reprap/pyRepRap/skeinforge_tools/import_plugins/stl.py

`The stl.py script is an import translator plugin to get a carving from an stl file.
An import plugin is a script in the import_plugins folder which has the function getCarving. It is meant to be run from the
interpret tool. To ensure that the plugin works on platforms which do not handle file capitalization properly, give the plugin
a lower case name.
The getCarving function takes the file name of an stl file and returns the carving.
STL is an inferior triangle surface format, described at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STL_(file_format)
A good triangle surface format is the GNU Triangulated Surface format which is described at:
http://gts.sourceforge.net/reference/gts-surfaces.html#GTS-SURFACE-WRITE
This example gets a carving for the stl file Screw Holder Bottom.stl. This example is run in a terminal in the folder which
contains Screw Holder Bottom.stl and stl.py.
> python
Python 2.5.1 (r251:54863, Sep 22 2007, 01:43:31)
[GCC 4.2.1 (SUSE Linux)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import stl
>>> stl.getCarving()
[11.6000003815, 10.6837882996, 7.80209827423
..
many more lines of the carving
..`

Modules

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__init__ | skeinforge_tools.skeinforge_utilities.gcodec | skeinforge_tools.skeinforge_utilities.triangle_mesh |

Functions

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addFacesGivenBinary(stlData, triangleMesh, vertexIndexTable)
  `Add faces given stl binary.`

addFacesGivenText(stlText, triangleMesh, vertexIndexTable)
  `Add faces given stl text.`

addFacesGivenVertices(triangleMesh, vertexIndexTable, vertices)
  `Add faces given stl text.`

getCarving(fileName='')
  `Get the triangle mesh for the stl file.`

getFaceGivenLines(triangleMesh, vertexStartIndex, vertexIndexTable, vertices)
  `Add face given line index and lines.`

getFloatGivenBinary(byteIndex, stlData)
  `Get vertex given stl vertex line.`

getVertexGivenBinary(byteIndex, stlData)
  `Get vertex given stl vertex line.`

getVertexGivenLine(line)
  `Get vertex given stl vertex line.`

Data
`` |  | __author__ = 'Enrique Perez (perez_enrique@yahoo.com)' __credits__ = 'Nophead <http://hydraraptor.blogspot.com/>\nArt of Illusion <http://www.artofillusion.org/>' __date__ = '$Date: 2008/21/04 $' __license__ = 'GPL 3.0' absolute_import = _Feature((2, 5, 0, 'alpha', 1), (2, 7, 0, 'alpha', 0), 16384)

Author
`` |  | Enrique Perez (perez_enrique@yahoo.com)

Credits
`` |  | Nophead <http://hydraraptor.blogspot.com/> Art of Illusion <http://www.artofillusion.org/>