StlAPI_Reader Class Reference

Reading from stereolithography format. Reads STL file and creates a shape composed of triangular faces, one per facet. IMPORTANT: This approach is very inefficient, especially for large files. IMPORTANT: Consider reading STL file to Poly_Triangulation object instead (see class RWStl). More...

#include <StlAPI_Reader.hxx>

Public Member Functions
bool	Read (TopoDS_Shape &theShape, const char *const theFileName)
	Reads STL file to the TopoDS_Shape (each triangle is converted to the face).
bool	Read (TopoDS_Shape &theShape, Standard_IStream &theStream)
	Reads STL data from stream to the TopoDS_Shape (each triangle is converted to the face).

Detailed Description

Reading from stereolithography format. Reads STL file and creates a shape composed of triangular faces, one per facet. IMPORTANT: This approach is very inefficient, especially for large files. IMPORTANT: Consider reading STL file to Poly_Triangulation object instead (see class RWStl).

Member Function Documentation

Read() [1/2]

bool StlAPI_Reader::Read	(	TopoDS_Shape &	theShape,
		const char *const	theFileName )

Reads STL file to the TopoDS_Shape (each triangle is converted to the face).

Returns

True if reading is successful

Read() [2/2]

bool StlAPI_Reader::Read	(	TopoDS_Shape &	theShape,
		Standard_IStream &	theStream )

Reads STL data from stream to the TopoDS_Shape (each triangle is converted to the face).

Parameters

theShape	result shape
theStream	stream to read from

Returns

True if reading is successful

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• StlAPI_Reader.hxx