stla_display


stla_display, a MATLAB 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.

Related Data and Programs:

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

bezier_surface_display, a MATLAB code which reads two files defining a bezier surface and displays it within MATLAB.

obj_display, a MATLAB code which reads an obj file defining a 3d object and displays it within MATLAB.

polygonal_surface_display, a MATLAB code which reads two files defining a polygonal surface and displays it within MATLAB.

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

stla, a data directory which contains examples of ascii stl files.

stla_display_test

stla_io, a MATLAB code which can read or write an ascii stl file.

stla_to_tri_surface, a MATLAB code which reads an ascii stl file and extracts the surface mesh data as a tri_surface dataset.

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

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

triangulation_order1_display, a MATLAB 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 24 March 2019.