Why STL? I'd wager OBJ is a much more common interchange format for 3D models.
OBJ is for 3D graphics, STL is for 3D manufacturing.
STL File Viewing
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Re: STL File Viewing
#22Cool, it works pretty well. Next step: support Wavefront's .OBJ files.
Implementations would no doubt be similar, but here they are targeting hardware/manufacturing, not gaming/graphics.
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#23Only a matter of time before someone writes a service hook for automatic 3-D printing of a model after each push.... That or Thingiverse integration.
GitHub's Make Me project might be close to what you're looking for. https://github.com/blog/1368-releasing-make-me
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#24Strange- I just pushed an STL file from a Lynx camera that was taken of me at SXSW and it won't view. Any ideas what's wrong?
https://github.com/tibbon/my-3d-models/blob/master/me-in-3d....
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#25I remember a few years ago Collada was quite the popular 3D file format. What are the latest trends in that field now?
Different fields. Collada was for 3D graphics (and I don't know what's going on in that field). STL is for manufacturing. STL has long been popular for commercial FDMs and CNC machines, and it is also what hobbyists use for their FDMs ("3D printers").
Ah, this is for 3D printers, no wonder it got popular enough for GitHub to add support for visualizing it. Thanks!
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#26Strange- I just pushed an STL file from a Lynx camera that was taken of me at SXSW and it won't view. Any ideas what's wrong? https://github.com/tibbon/my-3d-models/blob/master/me-in-3d....
Your file is 11MB :(
Re: STL File Viewing
#27Strange- I just pushed an STL file from a Lynx camera that was taken of me at SXSW and it won't view. Any ideas what's wrong? https://github.com/tibbon/my-3d-models/blob/master/me-in-3d....
The error here is the blob is too big, so GitHub isn't serving it. If you try to view the raw blob, you'll hit the issue: https://raw.github.com/tibbon/my-3d-models/master/me-in-3d.s...
A better error message would go a long way here :)
Re: STL File Viewing
#28Strange- I just pushed an STL file from a Lynx camera that was taken of me at SXSW and it won't view. Any ideas what's wrong? https://github.com/tibbon/my-3d-models/blob/master/me-in-3d....
Your file is 11MB :(
Oh, that might do it. I didn't realize how big of files the Lynx creates...
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#29Yo github... while you're bothering, here are some other things that would be handy: * Visual STL diffs, maybe by coloring deleted/added triangles. Possibly with a viewer on gh-pages or on the /:username/:reponame/commits/:branchname endpoint? * DXF sucks, but yeah DXF rendering. * Maybe consider thingiview.js (which does not use WebGL) or possibly a WebGL equivalent viewer. Controlled rotation, zooming, camera repos…
LOL you talk about such features as if they're simple add-ons! Each is a huuuuge commitment from dev to maintenance. But yea, it'd be nice.
GrabCAD is about as close to this as you get as far as implementing solid CAD stuff.
Re: STL File Viewing
#30I remember a few years ago Collada was quite the popular 3D file format. What are the latest trends in that field now?
For mechanical stuff, it's in a B-Rep model such as STEP or IGES which can be exported from SolidWorks, etc.