Metadata-Version: 1.1
Name: py-stl
Version: 31a5b12
Summary: Programs to read and convert STL files.
Home-page: http://rsmith.home.xs4all.nl/software/
Author: Roland Smith
Author-email: rsmith@xs4all.nl
License: BSD
Description: =====================
        STL file manipulation
        =====================
        
        The module stl.py reads both text and binary STL files and creates STL
        objects. The module xform.py handles coordinate transforms and projections.
        
        The scripts stl2pov, stl2ps and stl2pdf use this library to convert STL files
        to POV-ray meshes, PostScript and PDF files respectively.
        
        stl2pov
        -------
        This is a refactoring of the C version 2.x. Version 2 was too slow, basically
        because it tried to do too much. This version is a straight translator. It
        produces a POV-ray mesh declaration that you can use in your scenes. N.B.: you
        have to instantiate the mesh as an object, give it material properties, define
        a light and a camera &c.
        
        
        stl2ps
        ------
        This is a new script that produces a view of the STL object looking down
        parallel to the positive Z-axis on the centre of the object. Rotating the
        object is supported. Currently the output uses only grayscale and a very
        simple shading algorithm. It does not draw facets that point away from the
        viewer. The remaining facets are sorted back to front by average depth of
        their vertices. The removal of completely occluded surfaces has been tested
        and dropped as too expensive. Shadows and more sophisticated lighting effects
        are not planned, but patches are welcome.
        
        stl2pdf
        -------
        This is basically a variant of stl2ps using the ReportLab toolkit to generate
        PDF output directly.
        
Platform: UNKNOWN
Classifier: Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable
Classifier: Environment :: Console
Classifier: Intended Audience :: End Users/Desktop
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Manufacturing
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License
Classifier: Operating System :: OS Independent
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7
Classifier: Topic :: Scientific/Engineering
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