Supported Polyhedron Source Files#
The implementation supports multiple common mesh formats for the polyhedral source. These include:
File Suffix |
Name |
Comment |
|---|---|---|
.node and .face |
TetGen’s files |
These two files need to be given as a pair to the input. Documentation of TetGen’s files |
.mesh |
Medit’s mesh files |
Single file containing every needed mesh information. |
.ply |
The Polygon File format/ Stanfoard Triangle format |
Single file containing every needed mesh information. Blender File Format. |
.off |
Object File Format |
Single file containing every needed mesh information. |
.stl |
Stereolithography format |
Single file containing every needed mesh information. Blender File Format. |
.obj or .tab |
Wvaefront OBJ format |
Single file containing every needed mesh information. |
Notice! Only the ASCII versions of those respective files are supported! This is especially important for e.g. the .ply files which also can be in binary format.
Good tools to convert your Polyhedron to a supported format (also for interchanging ASCII and binary format) are e.g.:
You can select the metric unit of the mesh to be either in
meter \([m]\), kilometer \([km]\), or unitless \([1]\) when constructing
an object of type Polyhedron. Have a look at the API or at Examples Python and Examples C++.
In case, the mesh is unitless (and specified as such), the implementation won’t multiply the results
with the Gravitational Constant \(G\) and return them raw.