Tue, 06/11/2002 - 13:50
Forums:
I apologise if this is a simple question: I have a surface outline in .STL format and I need to convert it to IGES format. I've been told opencascade can do this, but I can't find any information about how.
I'd appreciate any help
Thank you
Adam Gibson
Tue, 06/11/2002 - 14:54
Hi,
you can use :
RWStl to read your STL file ( take care, the vrsion in OpenCASCADE 4.0 official is bugged, you have to take the developpement version ).
You get a Handle+StlMesh_Mesh object containing the triangles.
the fastest and easiest way is the following:
Create an empty compound
loop on all the triangles
{
make a face with the 3 points of the triangle
Add the face to the compound
}
Here, the compound contains all the triangles of your mesh
Write the compound in an IGES file using the standard way as in the samples.
HTH,
Stephane
Stephane
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