[abrunet]

Hi,
I'm new to openfoam and python-vtk, so I'm not even sure I'm asking this at the right place..

I found the folllowing code to convert stl binary files to ascii files and the opposite. (I'm a noob with python-vtk)

#!/usr/bin/env python


import vtk


def convert_stl2ascii(path):
reader = vtk.vtkSTLReader()
reader.SetFileName(path)
reader.Update()
write = vtk.vtkSTLWriter()
write.SetFileTypeToASCII()

write.SetInput(reader.GetOutput())
write.SetFileName(path)
write.Write()


def convert_stl2binary(path):
reader = vtk.vtkSTLReader()

reader.SetFileName(path)
reader.Update()
write = vtk.vtkSTLWriter()
write.SetFileTypeToBinary()

write.SetFileName('_binary.stl'.join(path.split('. stl')))
write.SetInput(reader.GetOutput())
write.Write()

Let's say I have a ascii stl file like this:

solid first_name
[...]
endsolid
solid second_name
[...]
endsolid
I can convert it to binary but when I try to convert it back to ascii, I get something like:

solid ascii
[...]
endsolid

What should I do to keep the Region name information and to avoid that several different region to be merged in only one region?

My aim is then to use openfoam and snappyhexmesh with that file (either the binary or ascii one). I need to convert the files because I start with a stl file uploaded by a user on a website, and I don't know what kind of stl file he will use. The easy way I found is to convert the file to binary and ascii regardless of its orignal type.

Hope my problem is clear and that you can help me.

Cheers

[dzi]

Hi
FYI i started another thread on SHM on multiregion foam.

http://www.cfd-online.com/Forums/ope...ns-salome.html

Regards dirk