CAD import objects
CadImporter
[Desktop Automation]
Properties
None.
Methods
| Name | Syntax | Description |
|---|---|---|
| loadmodel | cadmodel = importer:loadmodel(filename:string, maximumsurfacedeviation:number, angletolerance:number, maximumedgelength:number) | |
| loadmodel | loadmodel(filename:string, detaillevel:integer) | Alternative syntax. Detail levels 1 to 5 correspond to Netfabb's built-in levels of "extra low", "low", "medium", "high", and "extra high". |
CADImportModel
[Desktop Automation]
Sometimes a CAD File consists of several single files. You can access the number of single entities by the property entitycount and get an entity's name by the method getentityname(index). You can create a mesh with all entities using the method createmesh, or you can create a mesh with a single entity using the method createsinglemesh.
Properties
| Name | Syntax | Description |
|---|---|---|
| entitycount | entities = cadmodel.entitycount | Holds the number of entities of the cadmodel |
| trianglecount | triangles = cadmodel.trianglecount | Holds the number of triangles of the cadmodel |
Methods
| Name | Syntax | Description |
|---|---|---|
| createsinglemesh | mesh = cadmodel:createsinglemesh (EntityIndex:Number); | Creates a mesh with a single entity |
| createmesh | mesh = cadmodel:createmesh() | Creates a mesh with all entities |
| getentityname | name = cadmodel:getentityname( EntityIndex:Number); | Returns the entity's name |