Export options to existing mesh file types (.obj, .ply, .stl etc)

[arjundharma]

Hello, was wondering if you have any plans on adding export options for mesh files such as .obj, .ply, and .stl formats (used by other libraries like trimesh and pymesh). I know you currently export as a python dict and I've been looking into ways to parse them into those formats.

Thanks for putting together this library!

[github-actions[bot]]

Thanks for opening your first issue in sectionproperties :raised_hands: Pull requests are always welcome :wink:

[robbievanleeuwen]

Hi @arjundharma, this isn't really the scope of sectionproperties. We use the library triangle to generate a mesh (this is what produces the dictionary) and sectionproperties steps in and uses this mesh for its cross-section analysis.

So in short there aren't any plans to export mesh in different formats, however I would consider a PR if you are interested in adding this feature 🙌