Support the STL format

[oparoz]

From @oparoz on July 21, 2016 13:6

Feature request

User type: Any

User level: Beginners

Description

STL files are used to exchange CAD designs, like the ones used by 3D printers.
It would be nice to be able create thumbnails of those designs and to be able to see them in 3D in a WebGL supporting browser.

Benefit / value

It's always nice for users when the system supports more formats

Risk / caveats

We need to find a reliable, maintained Javascript library as this needs to be low maintenance.

Sponsorship

None so far. Might be worth approaching some vendors in the industry which could benefit from sharing such files on a system such as ownCloud / Nextcloud

Copied from original issue: owncloud/gallery#694

[mmgarcia30]

Hi @oparoz

This is and old feature request, a couple of JavaScript STL viewers. I hope it will help you.

http://jinjunho.github.io/Madeleine.js/

https://www.viewstl.com/plugin/

https://github.com/kaitlynhova/Three.js-STL-Viewer

And a HTML5 loader / viewer

https://gist.github.com/bellbind/477817982584ac8473ef/

[mmgarcia30]

Hi again

Also related a G-code viewer will be awesome, STL are 3D models usually used as base for 3D printing, but 3D printers didn’t process STL files. You need to transform STL files into a series of movement orders than the 3D printer can understand, this is a GCode file.

Here you have a couple of GCode JavaScript viewers.

https://github.com/joewalnes/gcode-viewer

https://github.com/andrewhodel/GCView

https://github.com/jherrm/gcode-viewer

http://jherrm.com/gcode-viewer/

Regards,

[blurayne]

STL would be great since I use NextCloud to share between Home, Work and Maker Lab.

[EduardoOliveira]

That would be an awesome add, I am currently looking into a solution to organize my 3dprinting files. And I'm sure I'm not the only one...