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Re: [Question #631650]: Export the model as stl format

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From: Jan Stránský <question631650@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 09 May 2017 12:43:32 -0000
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Question #631650 on Yade changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/631650

    Status: Open => Answered

Jan Stránský proposed the following answer:
Hello,

> the export format is STL,but I can't find the effective way to export
it

Why do you want/need to export your model to STL?
I am not very familiar with STL format, but according to [1] it represents solids as their triangulated surface.
Since your model is full of spheres, the choice of export format does not make sense to me and that you cannot find any effective way is the consequence..

If you insist on STL, you can triangulate surface of each sphere and do
the export of these triangulations. A problem, according to further
usage of the export, could be overlapping spheres.. Alternatovely you
can use some standard export of spheres and do the triangulation/STL
conversion as a postprocessing.

cheers
Jan

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STL_(file_format)

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