STLReader

Source (.js)Source (.d.ts)

Introduction

vtkSTLReader is a source object that reads ASCII or binary stereo lithography files (.stl files). The object automatically detects whether the file is ASCII or binary. .stl files are quite inefficient since they duplicate vertex definitions.

Methods

extend

Method used to decorate a given object (publicAPI+model) with vtkSTLReader characteristics.

Argument	Type	Required	Description
publicAPI		Yes	object on which methods will be bounds (public)
model		Yes	object on which data structure will be bounds (protected)
initialValues	ISTLReaderInitialValues	No	(default: {})

getBaseURL

getDataAccessHelper

getLocator

Get the point locator used for vertex merging.

getMerging

Get whether point merging is enabled.

getRemoveDuplicateVertices

Get tolerance when removeDuplicateVertices is set

getUrl

Get the url of the object to load.

loadData

Load the object data.

Argument	Type	Required	Description
options	ISTLReaderOptions	No

newInstance

Method used to create a new instance of vtkSTLReader

Argument	Type	Required	Description
initialValues	ISTLReaderInitialValues	No	for pre-setting some of its content

parse

Parse data.

Argument	Type	Required	Description
content	String or ArrayBuffer	Yes	The content to parse.

parseAsArrayBuffer

Parse data as ArrayBuffer.

Argument	Type	Required	Description
content	ArrayBuffer	Yes	The content to parse.

parseAsText

Parse data as text.

Argument	Type	Required	Description
content	String	Yes	The content to parse.

requestData

Argument	Type	Required	Description
inData		Yes
outData		Yes

setDataAccessHelper

Argument	Type	Required	Description
dataAccessHelper		Yes

setLocator

Set a point locator used for vertex merging.

setMerging

Enable/disable point merging.

setRemoveDuplicateVertices

Turn on/off automatic removeDuplicateVertices After reading the STL file, if tolerance is >= 0, then points with the same coordinates at 10 power tolerance are merged. For a smooth rendering, you might want to compute normals with vtkPolyDataNormals.

Argument	Type	Required	Description
tolerance	Number	Yes

setUrl

Set the url of the object to load.

Argument	Type	Required	Description
url	String	Yes	the url of the object to load.
option	ISTLReaderOptions	No	The STL reader options.