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STL File Reader

11 Dec 2008

STLREAD imports geometry from a binary stereolithography (STL) file into MATLAB

File Information
Description	FV = STLREAD(FILENAME) imports triangular faces from the binary STL file indicated by FILENAME, and returns the patch struct FV, with fields 'faces' and 'vertices'. [F,V] = STLREAD(FILENAME) returns the faces F and vertices V separately. [F,V,N] = STLREAD(FILENAME) also returns the face normal vectors. The faces and vertices are arranged in the format used by the PATCH plot object.
MATLAB release	MATLAB 7.7 (R2008b)
Zip File Content
Other Files	license.txt, stlread.m

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Everyone's Tags	cad, data export, data import(2), faces, geometry(2), patch, stereolithography, stl, triangle mesh, vertices
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Comments and Ratings (3)
12 Dec 2008	alain boyer
16 Jan 2009	Jveer	very useful! can the vertices and faces be arranged such that they can be used with surf?? textures cannot be applied to patch objects. surf is more useful.
22 Jan 2009	Luigi Giaccari	Very useful for binary filesl but do not support ascii format

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Tag Activity for this File
Tag	Applied By	Date/Time
data import	Cristina McIntire	12 Dec 2008 15:00:57
data export	Cristina McIntire	12 Dec 2008 15:00:57
geometry	Cristina McIntire	12 Dec 2008 15:00:57
geometry	Eric Johnson	12 Dec 2008 15:01:10
stereolithography	Eric Johnson	12 Dec 2008 15:01:10
cad	Eric Johnson	12 Dec 2008 15:01:10
stl	Eric Johnson	12 Dec 2008 15:01:10
triangle mesh	Eric Johnson	12 Dec 2008 15:01:10
faces	Eric Johnson	12 Dec 2008 15:01:10
vertices	Eric Johnson	12 Dec 2008 15:01:10
patch	Eric Johnson	12 Dec 2008 15:01:10
data import	Eric Johnson	12 Dec 2008 15:01:10

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