STL data in ROOT

Newbie
1

Hi everybody, I would like to import data which is a tessellated surface (list of triangles) and create a geometry object in ROOT. Suggestions?
Thank you,
Svetlana

2

Hi, you can try using a STL to OBJ format converter, then use the OBJ reader in ROOT: $ROOTSYS/tutorials/geom/visualizeWavefrontObj.C

3

Thank you!
Sveta

4

Hi, I have root-6.18.00 and I do not see this file there:

  ls

RadioNuclides.C geomD0.C rootgeom.C
assembly.C geometry.C runplugin.C
building.C index.md shapes.C
cheongwadae.C iterplugin.cxx shapesAnim.C
csgdemo.C lego.C south_gate.C
gdml mp3player.C station1.C
geodemo.C na49.C station2.C
geomAlice.C na49geomfile.C tank.C
geomAlice_itsv.C na49view.C xtruDraw.C
geomAtlas.C parallel_world.C xtruSamples.C
geomBrahms.C robot.C

Thank you,

Sveta

5

ROOT -> Tutorials -> Geometry tutorials -> visualizeWavefrontObj.C

6

You need ROOT master