Feature request - Add STL support for interface:export_file

[nschoen]

It would be really nice to have STL support for file exports through interface:export_file. I use the STL format for point cloud creation by using the vertices of the mesh format and sampling additional points on the surfaces. Currently I use FreeCAD to convert STEP to STL.

Thanks! And great work, creoson simplifies my work a lot.

[davidhbigelow]

You can use a mapkey for this... I don’t think off hand there is a specific export function for this in JLINK - might be wrong. But a mapkey will work. Glad you love CREOSON ... please brag about it if you don’t mind on the PTC community - maybe share an example. 😬

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[adama2000]

The JLink API does appear to support STL export -- it has two different types, "STL ASCII Export" and "STL Binary Export". So in theory we could add both of those to creoson.

[Zepmanbc]

You can choose chord and angle too?

[adama2000]

The export functions appear to support setting these (whether creoson would support them is another question):

• csysName
• quality (integer 1-10)
• maxChordHeight (double, default=0.1)
• angleControl (double, default=0.1)
• stepSize (double, default=0.0)
• facetControlOptions (various boolean flags)
• sliceExportData (a list of component IDs)

You can specify either quality or a combination of maxChordHeight/angleControl, but not both.