Export/import docs

[adam-urbanczyk]

Add a docs page about exporting and importing

• STEP
• STEP assy
• XML OCAF assy
• DXF
• BREP
• STL/AMF

[coosadog]

Hey! I'm new to CadQuery and I've looked everywhere for documentation or examples on how to export in STL format, or any format for that for that matter. I can't find anything explicit! Where can I find the answer? Thanks!

[jmwright]

@coosadog

Here are some docs: https://cadquery.readthedocs.io/en/latest/apireference.html?highlight=export#file-management-and-export

And here's an example from the test suite: https://github.com/CadQuery/cadquery/blob/master/tests/test_exporters.py#L45

[jmwright]

@coosadog Also, here's an example involving STL export of a simple thing I created last week to fix a toy for someone.

import cadquery as cq
from cadquery import exporters

diam = 5.0

coupler = (cq.Workplane().circle(diam).extrude(20.0)
          .faces(">Z").workplane(invert=True).circle(1.05).cutBlind(8.0)
          .faces("<Z").workplane(invert=True).circle(0.8).cutBlind(12.0)
          .edges("%CIRCLE").chamfer(0.15))

exporters.export(coupler, "/home/jwright/Downloads/coupler.stl", exporters.ExportTypes.STL)

[coosadog]

You are amazing and thank you! The doc made no sense at all. It wasn't detailed enough. I'm a software developer and expect more from the documentation. I'm sure you'll fix that. The examples weren't very helpful. I would think the examples that come with the download of the software would have that in them, but they don't. Thanks again for your help and examples!

On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 8:19 PM Jeremy Wright [email protected] wrote:

@coosadog https://github.com/coosadog Also, here's an example involving STL export of a simple thing I created last week to fix a toy for someone.

import cadquery as cqfrom cadquery import exporters diam = 5.0 coupler = (cq.Workplane().circle(diam).extrude(20.0) .faces(">Z").workplane(invert=True).circle(1.05).cutBlind(8.0) .faces("<Z").workplane(invert=True).circle(0.8).cutBlind(12.0) .edges("%CIRCLE").chamfer(0.15)) exporters.export(coupler, "/home/jwright/Downloads/coupler.stl", exporters.ExportTypes.STL)

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[marcus7070]

Partially done in #668, still need to do the assembly stuff.

[adam-urbanczyk]

Done, https://cadquery.readthedocs.io/en/latest/importexport.html#exporting-assemblies-to-step