STL I/O Functions

I/O Functions for the STereoLithography (STL) File Format.

Functions
template<typename Graph , typename NamedParameters = CGAL::parameters::Default_named_parameters>
bool	CGAL::IO::read_STL (std::istream &is, Graph &g, const NamedParameters &np)
	reads the graph g from the input stream, using the STereoLithography (STL) File Format.
template<typename Graph , typename NamedParameters = CGAL::parameters::Default_named_parameters>
bool	CGAL::IO::read_STL (const std::string &fname, Graph &g, const NamedParameters &np=parameters::default_values())
	reads the graph g from the file fname, using the STereoLithography (STL) File Format.
template<typename Graph , typename NamedParameters = CGAL::parameters::Default_named_parameters>
bool	CGAL::IO::write_STL (std::ostream &os, const Graph &g, const NamedParameters &np=parameters::default_values())
	writes the graph g in the output stream os, using the STereoLithography (STL) File Format.
template<typename Graph , typename NamedParameters = CGAL::parameters::Default_named_parameters>
bool	CGAL::IO::write_STL (const std::string &fname, const Graph &g, const NamedParameters &np=parameters::default_values())
	writes the graph g into a file named fname, using the STereoLithography (STL) File Format.

Function Documentation

read_STL() [1/2]

template<typename Graph , typename NamedParameters = CGAL::parameters::Default_named_parameters>

bool CGAL::IO::read_STL	(	const std::string &	fname,
		Graph &	g,
		const NamedParameters &	np = parameters::default_values()
	)

#include <CGAL/boost/graph/IO/STL.h>

reads the graph g from the file fname, using the STereoLithography (STL) File Format.

The data is expected to represent a 2-manifold (possibly with borders). If use_binary_mode is true, but the reading fails, ASCII reading will be automatically tested.

Attention

The graph g is not cleared, and the data from the file are appended.

Template Parameters

Graph	a model of MutableFaceGraph
NamedParameters	a sequence of Named Parameters

Parameters

fname	the name of the input file
g	the graph to be built from the input data
np	optional Named Parameters described below

Optional Named Parameters

use_binary_mode indicates whether data should be read in binary (true) or in ASCII (false) Type: Boolean Default: true
vertex_point_map a property map associating points to the vertices of g Type: a class model of WritablePropertyMap with boost::graph_traits<Graph>::vertex_descriptor as key type and Point_3 as value type Default: boost::get(CGAL::vertex_point, g) Extra: If this parameter is omitted, an internal property map for CGAL::vertex_point_t must be available in Graph.
verbose whether extra information is printed when an incident occurs during reading Type: Boolean Default: false

Returns

true if reading was successful and the resulting mesh is valid, false otherwise.

See also

Overloads of this function for specific models of the concept FaceGraph.

read_STL() [2/2]

template<typename Graph , typename NamedParameters = CGAL::parameters::Default_named_parameters>

bool CGAL::IO::read_STL	(	std::istream &	is,
		Graph &	g,
		const NamedParameters &	np
	)

#include <CGAL/boost/graph/IO/STL.h>

reads the graph g from the input stream, using the STereoLithography (STL) File Format.

The data is expected to represent a 2-manifold (possibly with borders).

Attention

The graph g is not cleared, and the data from the stream are appended.

To read a binary file, the flag std::ios::binary must be set during the creation of the ifstream.

Template Parameters

Graph	a model of MutableFaceGraph
NamedParameters	a sequence of Named Parameters

Parameters

is	the input stream
g	the graph to be built from the input data
np	optional Named Parameters described below

Optional Named Parameters

vertex_point_map a property map associating points to the vertices of g Type: a class model of WritablePropertyMap with boost::graph_traits<Graph>::vertex_descriptor as key type and Point_3 as value type Default: boost::get(CGAL::vertex_point, g) Extra: If this parameter is omitted, an internal property map for CGAL::vertex_point_t must be available in Graph.
verbose whether extra information is printed when an incident occurs during reading Type: Boolean Default: false

Returns

true if reading was successful and the resulting mesh is valid, false otherwise.

See also

Overloads of this function for specific models of the concept FaceGraph.

write_STL() [1/2]

template<typename Graph , typename NamedParameters = CGAL::parameters::Default_named_parameters>

bool CGAL::IO::write_STL	(	const std::string &	fname,
		const Graph &	g,
		const NamedParameters &	np = parameters::default_values()
	)

#include <CGAL/boost/graph/IO/STL.h>

writes the graph g into a file named fname, using the STereoLithography (STL) File Format.

Template Parameters

Graph	a model of FaceListGraph and HalfedgeListGraph
NamedParameters	a sequence of Named Parameters

Parameters

fname	the name of the output stream
g	the graph to be written
np	optional Named Parameters described below

Optional Named Parameters

use_binary_mode indicates whether data should be written in binary (true) or in ASCII (false) Type: Boolean Default: true
vertex_point_map a property map associating points to the vertices of g Type: a class model of WritablePropertyMap with boost::graph_traits<Graph>::vertex_descriptor as key type and Point_3 as value type Default: boost::get(CGAL::vertex_point, g) Extra: If this parameter is omitted, an internal property map for CGAL::vertex_point_t must be available in Graph.
stream_precision a parameter used to set the precision (i.e. how many digits are generated) of the output stream Type: int Default: 6 Extra: This parameter is only meaningful while using ASCII encoding.

Precondition

The graph must contain only triangle faces.

Returns

true if writing was successful, false otherwise.

See also

Overloads of this function for specific models of the concept FaceGraph.

write_STL() [2/2]

template<typename Graph , typename NamedParameters = CGAL::parameters::Default_named_parameters>

bool CGAL::IO::write_STL	(	std::ostream &	os,
		const Graph &	g,
		const NamedParameters &	np = parameters::default_values()
	)

#include <CGAL/boost/graph/IO/STL.h>

writes the graph g in the output stream os, using the STereoLithography (STL) File Format.

Attention

To write to a binary file, the flag std::ios::binary must be set during the creation of the ofstream, and the IO::Mode of the stream must be set to BINARY.

Template Parameters

Graph	a model of FaceListGraph and HalfedgeListGraph
NamedParameters	a sequence of Named Parameters

Parameters

os	the output stream
g	the graph to be written
np	optional Named Parameters described below

Optional Named Parameters

vertex_point_map a property map associating points to the vertices of g Type: a class model of ReadablePropertyMap with boost::graph_traits<Graph>::vertex_descriptor as key type and Point_3 as value type Default: boost::get(CGAL::vertex_point, g) Extra: If this parameter is omitted, an internal property map for CGAL::vertex_point_t must be available in Graph.
stream_precision a parameter used to set the precision (i.e. how many digits are generated) of the output stream Type: int Default: the precision of the stream os Extra: This parameter is only meaningful while using ASCII encoding.

Precondition

The graph must contain only triangle faces.

Returns

true if writing was successful, false otherwise.