parse-stl-ascii

STL ASCII parser

Parses an STL (STereoLithography) ASCII string or buffer to a mesh compatible with simplicial-complex*. If you're looking for a streaming parser check this.

This module works well with merge-vertices to deduplicate identical vertices from different faces.

* Files having faces with more than 3 vertices will have to be triangulated for use with simplicial-complex. One option is using earcut.

Install

$ npm install parse-stl-ascii

Usage

var parseSTL = require('parse-stl-ascii');
var fs = require('fs');

var buf = fs.readFileSync('mesh.stl');
var mesh = parseSTL(buf);

console.log(mesh);
/*
{
  positions: [...],
  cells: [...],
  faceNormals: [...],
  name: 'solid name'
}
*/