stl2gts

stl2gts [-v] < input.stl > output.gts

stl2gts converts 3D mesh files from the widely-used STL (Stereolithography) format into GTS (GNU Triangulated Surface) format. STL files represent 3D surfaces as collections of triangular facets and are commonly used in CAD software, 3D printing, and computational geometry.The GTS format is designed for efficient manipulation and analysis of triangulated surfaces. Unlike STL, GTS stores topological information about vertex and edge connectivity, enabling operations like mesh refinement, boolean operations, and surface analysis that would be difficult with raw triangle soup.The tool reads STL data from standard input and writes GTS output to standard output, following the Unix pipeline convention. It is part of the GTS Library toolkit, which provides a collection of utilities for triangulated surface mesh processing and computational geometry.

-v, --verbose

Verbose output.

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Stdin/stdout only. Binary STL not supported. Part of gts-bin.

stl2gts is part of the GTS Library (GNU Triangulated Surface Library) for mesh manipulation and analysis.

gts2stl(1), meshlab(1), admesh(1)