pyvista.STLReader¶

class STLReader(filename)¶

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.read()

Read data in file.

Attributes

STLReader.reader

Return the vtk Reader object.