[CAD formats] change dimensions and Position in .stl file

seju · March 28, 2014, 14:59

dear foamer
I have two stl file. and I wanna put one stl into other stl file but when I see two stl file in paraview two stl file changed position.
you can see two stl file in attached.
2-and also I draw stl file with SolidWorks
I draw those file in mm scale and now in paraview they are in m.
I wanna mesh those file with snappy. but I cant do that. please help me
best regard
Sajad

fumiya · April 12, 2014, 00:01

Hi,

You can use the surfaceTransformPoints utility included in OpenFOAM.

Sample usage(To convert mm to m):
surfaceTransformPoints input_file.stl output_file.stl -scale "(0.001 0.001 0.001)"

Hope this helps,
Fumiya

April 12, 2014, 00:01		#2
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