3D Object - Draw Cylinder from array data

[RyanLC]

---

@əʞɐſ wrote:

Awesome, it looks like you have made good progress. What did you learn when you did your "fancy footwork" to make you triangles work? I'd be curious to see if I can get to the point where I can turn any model into something that has correct normals that I can display.

---

Sorry for not answering sooner.

Basically I look at every data point per slice and pair it with the corresponding points in the next slice up (think like you were 3D printing).

I am not sure how this would work if points did not line up exactly with the layer above it.

A few post above this one I sort of explained the logic behind creating the triangle strips. Essentially you create a point cloud where you use each point multiple times to create the individual triangles. I did this by stepping through the current layer (A) and the next layer (B) and taking point Ai, Ai+1, Bi to make the first triangle then points Ai+1, Bi, Bi+1 to make the second triangle. I then follow that pattern for the entire layer and rinse and repeat for number of layers -1.

[MarcDub]

Just to let you know that you can use the Haro3D library (free from NI Tools Network) to upload .stl models and have the normals automatically calculated. You can also upload .obj models with texture (as shown below).

[RyanLC]

---

@MarcDub wrote:

Just to let you know that you can use the Haro3D library (free from NI Tools Network) to upload .stl models and have the normals automatically calculated. You can also upload .obj models with texture (as shown below).

---

.stl models have the normal information stored in them.

facet normal ni nj nk
    outer loop
        vertex v1x v1y v1z
        vertex v2x v2y v2z
        vertex v3x v3y v3z
    endloop
endfacet

Do you mean that the Haro3D library could take a .stl file with no normal data (i.e. 0, 0, 0) and return the actual normal values?

[MarcDub]

Yes, the Mesh_Read function has an input to recalculate or not the normals.

When Recalculate normals is true:

When it is false:

[Curr93]

Dear Marc!

Does it exist your Haro 3D Library for LV2016 ? 

[MarcDub]

---

@Curr93 wrote:

Dear Marc!

Does it exist your Haro 3D Library for LV2016 ? 

---

The Haro3D library is compatible with LabVIEW 2016 and later.

[Curr93]

Dear Marc

Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge, I have old VIPM version.