tri_surface_to_stla_test

tri_surface_to_stla_test, an Octave code which calls tri_surface_to_stla(), which reads data from a TRI_SURFACE file describing a triangular mesh of a 3D surface, and convert it to an ASCII STL file.

Licensing:

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

Related Data and Programs:

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

Source Code:

• tri_surface_to_stla_test.m, calls all the tests.
• tri_surface_to_stla_test.sh, runs all the tests.
• tri_surface_to_stla_test.txt, the output file.

CUBE is a cube using 12 triangular faces and 36 nodes.

• cube_nodes.txt the TRI_SURFACE nodes file.
• cube_elements.txt the TRI_SURFACE element file.
• cube.stla the STLA file.
• cube.png, a PNG image of the shape;

MAGNOLIA is a magnolia blossom, using 1247 triangular faces and 3741 nodes.

• magnolia_nodes.txt the TRI_SURFACE nodes file.
• magnolia_elements.txt the TRI_SURFACE element file.
• magnolia.stla, the ASCII STL file;
• magnolia.png, a PNG image of the shape;