meshgrid .stl file and extract data points?

How to meshgrid an .stl file. lets say we have a thin ribbon shape .stl part and need to meshgrid its face. How can i do this?

Thank you

Answer 1

[Abhisek Roy]

Hi,

Have a look at the following example -

https://www.mathworks.com/help/pde/examples/deflection-analysis-of-a-bracket.html

In this example, a bracket has been imported as a STL file and then FEA analysis has been done to find out the deflection under load. This will give you idea for the complete workflow.

Regards,

Abhisek

[Faez Alkadi]

hello Abhisek,

This function doesn't work for me because my .stl model is in a ribbon shape which has only two faces. so i get the next error !

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Error using pde.DiscreteGeometry Failed to create geometry, the input does not form a closed volume. This may be due to missing faces or gaps in the input.

Error in pde.PDEModel/importGeometry (line 51) gm = pde.DiscreteGeometry(geofilename);

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any other suggestions ? and if i can mesh it, can i extract the data points in (x,y,z)? Thank you.