can I develop Qt with STL (Standard Triangle Language) files for my CAD project?? so far i couldn't find any information related to the .stl file with Qt

[eurekaWin]

Dear all

I am trying to develop CAD 3D project with Qt and I have to load and use .stl files but somehow I couldn't find any information related with Qt and .stl file projects yet

anyone has information for the Qt with .stl files project .. i really appreciate that ..

thanks so much

[A Former User]

Hi! Qt does not come with a parser for STL files. But the file format is really primitive so writing a parser (or better two, one for ASCII and one for binary files) isn't a big deal. If you're starting a new CAD application then handling STL files will be you smallest challenge :-)

[eurekaWin]

@Wieland do you have any information related for CAD application with Qt and .stl files ? could you share me some links or sources ? thanks Wieland

[mrjj]

Hi
There are many as STL well known :)
http://www.sgh1.net/b4/cpp-read-stl-file

[A Former User]

@eurekaWin The guys at FreeCAD are trying to build a free / open souce 3D CAD suite. They actually made some progess over the last decade.

[eurekaWin]

@mrjj thanks friend .. :) for the info

[raven-worx]

@eurekaWin
Since the STL file format is pretty simple you can read the file using QDataStream for example.
Read this for example.

[eurekaWin]

@Wieland thanks for the info :) i'm gonna look for that

[eurekaWin]

@raven-worx thanks :) i will have a look