A fast library to read and write STL files from Cubehero. It also allows you to export to PNG using POV-RAY.
Note: Currently, the readFile works for both binary and ascii files, but writing STL files is only in ASCII
This currently only works on node.js, but will expand to browser stl parsing soon
npm install stljs
If you'd like to also be able to render STL files, you'll need to install a program called pov-ray.
If you're on a mac, you can install it using homebrew.
brew install povray
If you're using ubuntu, you can install it using aptitude
aptitude install povray
You have an STL file that you want to read. Here's what you do:
stljs = require('stljs')
stljs.readFile('teapot.stl'
, (err, solid, name) ->
# can now do stuff with solid
, (err, polygon, name) ->
# gets called on as each polygon is parsed
)
The readFile takes two functions, a callback when the parsing is done, and an optional progress callback, which gets called as each polygon is parsed.
Sometimes, you want to convert an STL file into a PNG file. To do that, we can
stljs = require('stljs')
stljs.imageify('teapot.stl', { width: 200, height: 100, dst: 'teapot.png' }
, (err, povOutput, name) ->
# done with converting the image
, (err, povPolygon, name) ->
# called on each polygon is processed
)
NOTE: In order to use this feature, you need to have pov-ray installed on your system already. This can be installed separately through 'aptitude' on linux and 'brew' on macs
Post an issue under 'issues' above, to see if what you want to do isn't already being in the works. Then submit a pull request.
MIT license