Import STL Triangulations
Instructions
On the File menu, click Import.
Click STL in the File Format column on the left.
Select Triangulations from the File Type field on the right side of the panel.
Click OK to display the Import Vulcan STL Triangulation panel.
This panel consists of two tabbed sections:
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Selection
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Options
All import triangulations use the default triangulation folder set in preferences, unless you have defined an alternate path.
Select the directory to choose file(s) from
Select the files that you want to import by clicking the arrow buttons between the columns to add the file names to the right column.
The resulting Vulcan triangulations will be stored in the same directory as the original triangulation dump files. The triangulations will also inherit the names of the selected dump files but with an extension of.00t added to end of the file name. For example, if your triangulation dump file is named 'surface.stl', then the resulting file will be named 'surface.00t'.
Select the file(s)
- To move a single file from one column to the other, click on the file name click the > or < button.
- To move all files from one column to the other, click the >> or << button.
- To move multiple files from one column to the other, hold the Ctrl key while clicking on the file names (or hold the Shift key to select a group of adjacent files). Once all the desired files are selected, click the > or < button.
Display triangulation
Select this check box to display the triangulation on the screen once it has been imported into Vulcan.
Output directory
Select a destination folder from the drop-down list if the folder is located inside your working directory, browse for one if it is located outside of your working directory, or type the name of a new folder into the textbox.
