Using stlbatch
The operation of the Creo View Adapter for STL involves utilizing a single command to publish CAD data.
The form of command line is as follows:
stlbatch [options] <cad_data>
A command line conversion has the following stages:
1. Open a command prompt and navigate to the directory containing the CAD data you want to convert.
For the purposes of this example, the directory is C:\\stl_data\\.
2. Type in the stlbatch command, for example:
C:\ptc\stl_setup\stlbatch -p output stl_test.stl
In this example, the command line can be broken down in order from left to right as follows:
a. The setup directory containing the adapter configuration, followed by the command to convert the data:
C:\ptc\stl_setup\stlbatch
b. Option -p <output path> is shown as output. This is the name of the directory where the adapter places the converted data.
c. The STL data to be converted is given as stl_test.stl.
3. Press Enter and stlbatch is launched. When the command prompt returns, the conversion is completed.
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stlbatch can publish more than one instance of CAD data at a time. To publish a list of CAD data, type all of the names on the command line, separated by spaces. Wildcards (asterisks *) can also be used, if the user is confident that the data returned will be correct.
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4. You can now open the converted data output in Creo View.
This completes the procedure for converting STL CAD data to Creo View format using command line publishing.
