pyvista.STLReader#

class STLReader(filename)[source]#

STL Reader for .stl files.

Examples

>>> import pyvista
>>> from pyvista import examples
>>> filename = examples.download_cad_model(load=False)
>>> filename.split("/")[-1]  # omit the path
'42400-IDGH.stl'
>>> reader = pyvista.get_reader(filename)
>>> mesh = reader.read()
>>> mesh.plot()

../../../_images/pyvista-STLReader-1_00_00.png

Methods

`STLReader.hide_progress`()	Hide the progress bar.
`STLReader.read`()	Read data in file.
`STLReader.show_progress`([msg])	Show a progress bar.

Attributes

STLReader.reader

Return the vtk Reader object.