Script to convert existing models to binary. Found a curious thing: taking one very complex file from ascii to binary increased the file size dramatically (9460%). Need to investigate if this was a specific case and whether or not this is something to investigate in other projects. The model in question is gnal_100ft_spiral_top.stl produced by current code.

scripts/binary_convert.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# "v1" not working as expected
+VERSIONS=( "v2" "v3" ) 
+SIZES=( "50ft" "100ft" )
+
+
+for VERSION in "${VERSIONS[@]}"
+do
+	:
+
+	for SIZE in "${SIZES[@]}"
+	do
+		:
+		echo  "./stl/${SIZE}_${VERSION}"
+		FILES=./stl/${SIZE}_${VERSION}/*.stl
+		for stl in $FILES
+		do
+			fileSize=`wc -c < "$stl"`
+			fileSize=`echo $newSize | xargs`
+
+			firstline=`head -n 1 "$stl"`
+			if [[ $firstline == solid* ]]; then
+				echo "Converting $stl to binary..."
+				#convert from ascii to binary
+				admesh -c -b "$stl" "$stl"
+				newSize=`wc -c < "$stl"`
+				newSize=`echo $newSize | xargs`
+				percent=`echo "scale=1;($newSize/$fileSize)*100" | bc`
+				#fileSize="${newSize}"
+				echo "Binary conversion created STL file ${percent}% of original"
+			fi
+		done
+
+	done
+done