I am trying to plot an stl file but it showing error

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FV = stlread('Part2.stl');
disp(FV);
plot(FV);
Error using plot
Data must be numeric, datetime, duration or an array convertible to double.
Error in PART1 (line 3)
plot(FV);

Answers (2)

Wan Ji
Wan Ji on 19 Aug 2021
Edited: Wan Ji on 19 Aug 2021
Use triplot
FV = stlread('Part2.stl');
triplot(FV)
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Wan Ji
Wan Ji on 19 Aug 2021
Or you can use patch
patch('vertices', FV.Points, 'faces', FV.ConnectivityList, ...
'facevertexcdata',FV.Points(:,2),'facecolor','interp','facealpha',0.4 );
colormap(jet)

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Simon Chan
Simon Chan on 19 Aug 2021

function trimesh is another option

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