[surface handling] Command line tool for finding the bounding box of an STL file

terrybarnaby · November 26, 2008, 12:20

Hi does any one know of a command line tool in OpenFOAM or elsewhere that can print out the bounding box of an STL file's objects ?

I need to scale and offset an STL file that is input
from a web based interface prior to creating a mesh with snappyHexMesh.

Cheers

Terry

mediode · November 26, 2008, 13:08

I can not provide you with a command line tool, but such a task should easily be managable with vtk, www.vtk.org. It provides all you need.
m*

fra76 · November 26, 2008, 14:11

If the STL is ascii, do it yourself! STL format is really trivial...

norman1981 · November 26, 2008, 14:27

Hi,

you can use admesh tool to find out the bounding box of an STL file's object. It's a nice opensource code that you can download from the web. It is also really useful for a lot of other things like holes corrections, face normal reversing...

I think it's worth trying.. let me know :-)!

Regards

Norman

juanduque · November 26, 2008, 15:36

Load it with paraview and check the statics.
It tells you the bounding box dimensions and the offset respect to the wcs!

terrybarnaby · November 26, 2008, 16:47

Thanks for all the replies.
The admesh utility seems to do the job for me as I need a non-interactive solution for a web based interface and I have binary STL files.
However I may need to move to using ASCII files as I was going to try using the new snappyHexMesh tool and the binary STL files generated by Blender do not work with it correctly.

olesen · November 27, 2008, 03:20

You could also use the surfaceCheck utility and parse its output?
It provides not only bounding box info, but also list how many different solid groups there are.

fvallejog · August 7, 2016, 23:09

checkMesh | grep -i 'bounding box'

KillerBee · November 4, 2016, 14:09

type: surfaceCheck yourFigure.vtk | grep -i 'bounding box'

November 26, 2008, 12:20	Command line tool for finding the bounding box of an STL file	#1
terrybarnaby Member Terry Barnaby Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Beam Ltd, UK Posts: 44 Rep Power: 17	Hi does any one know of a command line tool in OpenFOAM or elsewhere that can print out the bounding box of an STL file's objects ? I need to scale and offset an STL file that is input from a web based interface prior to creating a mesh with snappyHexMesh. Cheers Terry

November 26, 2008, 13:08	I can not provide you with a c	#2
mediode New Member mediode Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 27 Rep Power: 17	I can not provide you with a command line tool, but such a task should easily be managable with vtk, www.vtk.org. It provides all you need. m*

November 26, 2008, 14:11	If the STL is ascii, do it you	#3
fra76 Senior Member Francesco Del Citto Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Zürich Area, Switzerland Posts: 237 Rep Power: 18	If the STL is ascii, do it yourself! STL format is really trivial...

November 26, 2008, 14:27	Hi, you can use admesh tool	#4
norman1981 Member Norman Del Puppo Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Hinwil, CH Posts: 57 Rep Power: 17	Hi, you can use admesh tool to find out the bounding box of an STL file's object. It's a nice opensource code that you can download from the web. It is also really useful for a lot of other things like holes corrections, face normal reversing... I think it's worth trying.. let me know :-)! Regards Norman

November 26, 2008, 15:36	Load it with paraview and chec	#5
juanduque New Member Juan Fernando Duque Lombana. Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 14 Rep Power: 17	Load it with paraview and check the statics. It tells you the bounding box dimensions and the offset respect to the wcs!

November 26, 2008, 16:47	Thanks for all the replies. T	#6
terrybarnaby Member Terry Barnaby Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Beam Ltd, UK Posts: 44 Rep Power: 17	Thanks for all the replies. The admesh utility seems to do the job for me as I need a non-interactive solution for a web based interface and I have binary STL files. However I may need to move to using ASCII files as I was going to try using the new snappyHexMesh tool and the binary STL files generated by Blender do not work with it correctly.

November 27, 2008, 03:20	You could also use the surface	#7
olesen Senior Member Mark Olesen Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: https://olesenm.github.io/ Posts: 1,715 Rep Power: 40	You could also use the surfaceCheck utility and parse its output? It provides not only bounding box info, but also list how many different solid groups there are.

August 7, 2016, 23:09	bounding box	#8
fvallejog New Member Fidel Vallejo Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: Santiago Posts: 7 Rep Power: 10	checkMesh \| grep -i 'bounding box' bored_bot likes this.

November 4, 2016, 14:09	Bounding Box	#9
KillerBee New Member Amir Join Date: Oct 2016 Posts: 4 Rep Power: 10	type: surfaceCheck yourFigure.vtk \| grep -i 'bounding box' LeeRuns and bored_bot like this.

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