stla_display


stla_display, an Octave code which gets the name of an ASCII STL (Stereolithography) file from the user, reads the 3D graphics information stored in the file, and displays the structure on the screen.

Usage:

stla_display ( 'ascii_stl_file' )
where

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the MIT license

Languages:

stla_display is available in a MATLAB version and an Octave version.

Related Data and Programs:

ball_and_stick_display, an Octave code which demonstrates the creation of a 3d ball and stick image;

bezier_surface_display, an Octave code which reads two files defining a Bezier surface and displays it.

obj_display, an Octave code which reads an OBJ file defining a 3d object and displays it.

polygonal_surface_display, an Octave code which reads two files defining a polygonal surface and displays it.

quad_surface_display, an Octave code which reads files defining a 3d quadrilateral mesh surface and displays it.

stla, a data directory which contains examples of ASCII STL files.

stla_io, an Octave code which can read or write an ASCII STL file.

stla_to_tri_surface, an Octave code which reads an ASCII STL file and extracts the surface mesh data as a tri_surface dataset.

tet_mesh_display, an Octave code which reads files defining a tet mesh and displays an image.

tri_surface_display, an Octave code which reads data defining a triangular mesh of a 3d surface and displays it.

triangulation_order1_display, an Octave code which reads files defining a piecewise constant triangulation of data, and displays a corresponding 3d surface.

Reference:

  1. 3D Systems, Inc,
    Stereolithography Interface Specification,
    October 1989.

Source Code:


Last revised on 03 July 2023.