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Question: How to import STL geometry as 3-D Plot object of type POINTS

Question:How to import STL geometry as 3-D Plot object of type POINTS

brunoleos 5 Maple
plottools plot3d import
November 01 2014
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I'm importing a STL geometry with plottools[importplot].

The result is a PLOT3D data structure. Applying "op" to the structure reveals that it is formed by POLYGONS structures.

How can I import the same STL geometry, and, instead of getting a POLYGONS structure, getting a POINTS structure?

I think it should be direct for Maple, because in the plot view configs one can select the style to be surface, contour and even point.

If the conversion has to be by hand, does someone know a not too painful method? For me it's being painful, as I'm trying a solution all the day.
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