mphwritestl

Export plot data as an STL file.

mphwritestl(filename, pd)

mphwritestl(filename, pd, '-binary')

mphwritestl(filename, pd) exports data in the plot data structure pd as the STL file filename.

mphwritestl(filename, pd, '-binary') exports data in the plot data structure pd as the STL file filename using the binary file format.

pd is a structure with fields pd and t.

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The field p contains node point coordinate information.

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The field t contains the indices to columns in p of a simplex mesh, each column in t representing a simplex.

Other fields in the plot data structure are not considered to generate the surface mesh.

.Generate a surface mesh from solution plot:

model = mphopen('vacuum_flask_llmatlab')

pd = mphplot(model, 'pg1')

pd2stl = pd{2}{1};

mphwritestl('vacuum_flask.stl', pd2stl)

Generate a surface mesh from a volume mesh

model = mphopen('model_tutorial_llmatlab');

model.component('comp1').mesh('mesh1').run;

[s,d] = mphmeshstats(model, 'mesh1');

idx = strcmp(s.types, 'tri');

pdmesh.p = d.vertex;

pdmesh.t = d.elem{idx};

mphwritestl('mesh2geom.stl', pdmesh);

mphquad2tri, mphreadstl, mphsurf