stl2image

This library is a fork of https://github.com/cubehero/stljs.

The main objective is to allow you to export stl (stereolitography) to images using pov-ray

Note: Currently, the readFile works for both binary and ascii files, but writing STL files is only in ASCII

This currently only works on node.js, but will expand to browser stl parsing soon

How to install

npm install stl2image

You need to have installed on your system Pov-ray (tested for >=3.6)

If you're on a mac, you can install it using homebrew.

brew install povray

If you're using ubuntu, you can install it using aptitude

aptitude install povray

In Windows, you can download and binary installable from Pov-Ray website.

Converting STL to PNG

Sometimes, you want to convert an STL file into a PNG file. To do that, we can

stl2image = require('stljs')

stl2image.imageify('teapot.stl', { width: 200, height: 100, dst: 'teapot.png' }
  , (err, povOutput, name) ->
    # done with converting the image
  , (err, povPolygon, name) -> 
    # called on each polygon is processed
)

NOTE: In order to use this feature, you need to have pov-ray installed on your system already. This can be installed separately through 'aptitude' on linux and 'brew' on macs

License

MIT license