StlMesh_MeshExplorer slow destructor? - Forum Open Cascade Technology

Thorsten H
Tue, 02/12/2013 - 17:10

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Hi,

I have a STL file with 379836 triangles. I use "StlMesh_MeshExplorer" to iterate through the triangles. When my StlMesh_MeshExplorer leaves the scope it takes ~1-2 Minutes until the debugger returns and moves on. Why takes the destructor of "StlMesh_MeshExplorer" so long?

Here is my sample code:

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const Handle_StlMesh_Mesh & aStlMesh = _Mesh;
Standard_Integer NumberDomains = aStlMesh->NbDomains();
Standard_Real x1, x2, x3, y1, y2, y3, z1, z2, z3,xn,yn,zn;
{
StlMesh_MeshExplorer aMExp(aStlMesh);
for(int i=1; i {
for(aMExp.InitTriangle(i); aMExp.MoreTriangle(); aMExp.NextTriangle())
{
aMExp.TriangleVertices(x1,y1,z1,x2,y2,z2,x3,y3,z3);
aMExp.TriangleOrientation(xn,yn,zn);
}
}
}
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I am using oce-0.11 (based on OCCT 6.5.4)

jelle
Tue, 02/12/2013 - 19:29

StlMesh is suboptimal if you just want to render some mesh.
It converts the mesh to BRep, which is why its *so* slow...
Take a look at this thread
http://www.opencascade.org/org/forum/thread_15132/?forum=3
And the XSDRAWSTL* classes...

In my experience you'll be able to load / render an order of magnitude faster, so worth to take a look into this matter

-jelle

Thorsten H
Tue, 02/12/2013 - 20:13

I enumerate the vertices in order to calculate the gravity center an some other data. No need to render anything. The solution I have found is to completly set StlMesh_MeshExplorer aside:

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int domainCount = aStlMesh->NbDomains();
for(int domainIndex = 1; domainIndex <= domainCount; domainIndex++)
{
int triangleCount = aStlMesh->NbTriangles(domainIndex);
const StlMesh_SequenceOfMeshTriangle & triangles = aStlMesh->Triangles(domainIndex);
const TColgp_SequenceOfXYZ & vertices = aStlMesh->Vertices(domainIndex);
for (int triangleIndex = 1; triangleIndex <= triangleCount; triangleIndex++)
{
const Handle_StlMesh_MeshTriangle & triangle = triangles.Value(triangleIndex);
int v1, v2, v3;
triangle->GetVertexAndOrientation(v1, v2, v3, xn, yn, zn);
const gp_XYZ & p1 = vertices.Value(v1);
const gp_XYZ & p2 = vertices.Value(v2);
const gp_XYZ & p3 = vertices.Value(v3);

// and so on...
}
}
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