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https://github.com/schiele/stl2ldraw

convert stl files to LDraw dat files
https://github.com/schiele/stl2ldraw

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convert stl files to LDraw dat files

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# stl2ldraw

This is a utility to convert stl files to LDraw dat files.

This is still a prototype implementation with incomplete error
handling and other technical debt asking for further refactoring.
But in the end this was a weekend hack so far that actually works.

## Features

- Reads binary and ascii STL files.
- Merges very close vertexes that would not produce visual
differences but might cause non-manifold structures.
- Warns about incorrect normal vectors in the STL files and corrects
them.
- Warns about detected non-manifold structures but does not correct
them:
- degenerated faces (faces spanning no area, meaning all points on
one line)
- open edges
- ambiguous edges
- Merges adjacent triangles on the same plane to convex
quadrilaterals.
- Generates lines for sharp edges (more than 25 degrees angle) and
open edges.
- Generates optional lines for soft convex edges (less than 25 degrees
angle). For concave edges, they are not generated since they would
never be visible by their concave nature anyway.