Python script to convert a file in Abacus' INP format into the STL (STereoLithography) file format
Install the requirements if needed using:
$ python3 -m pip install --user numpyinp2stl.py [-h] --input INPUT --output OUTPUT [--flip [FLIP]]
Detect peas.
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--input INPUT Name of the input INP file.
--output OUTPUT Name of the output STL file.
--flip [FLIP] Flip normal vectors.- Download an INP file, e.g. the male_model from Harsha Teja Garimella (2018) available on figshare at https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.5808792.v1:
$ wget https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/10269141
$ mv 10269141 male_model.inp- Convert the INP file into an STL file:
$ ./inp2stl.py --input male_model.inp --output male_model.stl- Check the direction of the normal vectors, e.g. using MeshLab
It's not pretty, isn't it?
- I've seen vertex ordering using left-hand rule and right-hand rule. It's why we can flip the normals, e.g.:
$ ./inp2stl.py --flip --input male_model.inp --output male_model.stl- In MeshLab,
export the mesh asa binary STL file.
- Use a different filename, e.g. I added
-binat the end of the filename.
- Make sure the format is binary
The file name should be much smaller than the ASCII file
$ ls -l male_model*.stl
-rw-r--r-- 1 franck users 5738284 Aug 19 16:29 male_model-bin.stl
-rw-r--r-- 1 franck users 27048282 Aug 19 16:28 male_model.stl- Install gvxrPython3
See...
The Python wrapper is installed in ``/home/franck/gvxrWrapper-1.0.1/python3` on my computer.
$ cd /home/franck/gvxrWrapper-1.0.1/python3
$ ls
gvxrPython3.py _gvxrPython3.so test.py- I add this path in
PYTHONPATHin my.bashrcfile with:
$ echo "" >> ~/.bashrc
$ echo "# Install of gvxrPython3" >> ~/.bashrc
$ echo "export PYTHONPATH=/home/franck/gvxrWrapper-1.0.1/python3:$PYTHONPATH" >> ~/.bashrc- Run the X-ry simulation:
$ ./gvxrPythonTest.py