patch2STL

Below is a demonstration of the features of the patch2STL function

Contents

clear; close all; clc;

Syntax

patch2STL(fileName,V,F,N,solidName);

Description

This function generates an STL file using the vertices (V) and triangular faces (F) provided

See also: export_STL_txt

clear; close all; clc;

Get patch data

[F,V]=stanford_bunny;

Plotting the model

cFigure; hold on;
xlabel('X');ylabel('Y'); zlabel('Z');
gpatch(F,V,'bw');
axisGeom; camlight('headlight');
drawnow;

Exporting an STL file from patch data

%Set main folder and fileName
defaultFolder = fileparts(fileparts(mfilename('fullpath')));
pathName=fullfile(defaultFolder,'data','STL');
fileName=fullfile(pathName,'standford_bunny.stl');

patch2STL(fileName,V,F,[],'standford_bunny');

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