reading stl

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Maili
Thu, 10/09/2008 - 12:51
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hi, when I read stl, I get multiple same point (not unique). Is there a way to make the mesh unique (like sewing etc.) or should I write it myself?

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Matthias Teich
Thu, 10/16/2008 - 11:34

Hi!

How do you read STL files? Do you use MeshVS?

When you have a TopoDS_Shape you can use this code for sewing:

BRepBuilderAPI_Sewing sew;
sew.Add(shape);
sew.Perform();
shape = sew.SewedShape();

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Maili
Fri, 10/17/2008 - 15:13

I use StlMesh_Mesh (RWStl::ReadFile) and MeshVS since I think its rendered faster that way or is it not?