Import an STL file direct in Grasshopper??

Hey everyone,

Is it possible to import an STL file direct from a path?

it would be very useful for me because you work only with one program.

I hope anybody have an idea.

Regards

Henne

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by David Rutten on December 6, 2013 at 11:40am

The STL import logic is not accessible other than using the Rhino _Import command.

I've requested that these algorithms become accessible via the SDK and it seems possible that during the course of Rhino6 you'll be able to use a RhinoCommon method which reads an TSL file and returns a RhinoDoc instance.

David Rutten

david@mcneel.com

Permalink Reply by Andrew Schiffer on August 14, 2017 at 4:55pm

Hi David-

Has this changed in the years since this initial posting? It would be great if Grasshopper could directly import STLs...

Thanks!

Andy

Permalink Reply by Henne on December 9, 2013 at 4:20am

Ok Thanks for your answer.

When is Rhino 6 ready for download?

Regards

Henne

Permalink Reply by David Rutten on December 9, 2013 at 9:23am

We don't know. We'd like to have a Rhino6 beta out before 2014, but I said 'during the course of Rhino6'. We agreed this would be a nice feature to have and we have an idea about how to implement it, but none of the code has been written yet.

David Rutten

david@mcneel.com

Permalink Reply by Ola Jaensson on December 9, 2013 at 9:09am

Try this.

Very barebones stl parsing; no normals, no colours, no materials, only binary stl, no error checking, based on wikipedia.

/ola

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Permalink Reply by Henne on December 10, 2013 at 7:21am

Thanks but i need the normals later.

Permalink Reply by Ola Jaensson on December 10, 2013 at 7:34am

Ok. With normals, even welded.

/ola

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Permalink Reply by Henne on December 10, 2013 at 7:44am

Oh man this is absolutely brilliant!
Thank you very very... much!
Regards
henne

Permalink Reply by Jose Reyes on October 22, 2015 at 7:25am

Hello Ola,

This is a very old discussion, but I also used the code you passed to Henne. I Would like to know if there is a way to use the rotate3D (Rot3D) on the preview of this mesh.

Thanks in advance for your comments.

Jose

Permalink Reply by Ola Jaensson on October 22, 2015 at 8:14am

Hi Jose,

Just connect the mesh output to the G input on Rot3D and the G output of Rot3D to the G input of Preview.

Then you need values for the other other three inputs of Rot3D, of course.

Did I understand your question correctly?

/ola

Permalink Reply by Jose Reyes on October 22, 2015 at 9:16am

Yes, Thanks. I figured out that sometime after I wrote my question to you.

Permalink Reply by Andrew Schiffer on August 14, 2017 at 9:50pm

Thanks- works great!