Fri, 08/22/2008 - 12:41
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Hi,
Does anybody know about how to control the size of facets when we export STL file from IGES or STEP or any other file format. Is there any size parameter where we can change the size of facets of STL.
Thanks
Vishwanath.
Mon, 12/01/2008 - 03:06
You could use something like this:
StlAPI_Writer writer;
writer.RelativeMode() = Standard_False;
writer.SetDeflection(deflection);
Pawel
Tue, 10/30/2012 - 15:20
Dear Pawel,
I have above codes posted by you! I have the same problem of refining STL file
Standard_Real deflection=0.00001;
Standard_Real coefficient=1;
StlAPI_Writer myStlWriter;
myStlWriter.RelativeMode() = Standard_False;
myStlWriter.SetCoefficient(coefficient);
myStlWriter.SetDeflection(deflection);
myStlWriter.Write(shape, "simmant-3.stl");
Handle(StlMesh_Mesh) myMesh = RWStl::ReadFile(OSD_Path("simmant-3.stl"));
I don't see any error but no output too! I wait for long but wouldn't find any output
What is wrong with it, anybody can help
Regards
Game
Tue, 10/30/2012 - 15:42
Hi Game,
your deflection value: 0.00001 is VERY low. Choosing 1/100th of a micron might result in rather long computation times. Try adjusting this.
Pawel
Thu, 11/01/2012 - 23:11
Dear Pawel,
Thank you very much! It works now but have still some problems!
I try to experiment how StlAPI_Writer works by changing deflection value and type of input CAD data (i am using IGES as an output)
I figure out three problems (cases) as below
1. Changing deflection value has no effect on written stl file
2. Works well for some CAD files (Iges) before sewing
3. After sewing, some patches are triangulated very fine and some very course and finally the output stl is very bad.
Both cases happened to my case!
What would be the case! It seems that, if i do not use sewing, the StlAPI_Writer works well.
I used the default StlAPI_Writer to write stl file, and compared with original file (Iges) in some domain of the object, there are even more than 40mm deference!
Is there a better way to write stl file, specially after sewing!
Regards
Game
some time doesn't have any change what ever change in deflection you made! For some data files, it work well.
For my case, I write an stl file after using sewing algorithm, and some patches are triangulated very fine, and some very course, and it looks really very ugly. I try to experiment