I understand you want to extract information from a generic STL (Stereolithography) file and calculate the volume of the "outbox" of a part (bounding box)
You can follow these general steps using MATLAB:
- Load the STL File: Use a suitable STL file reading function in MATLAB to import the geometry. MATLAB's “stlread” function is commonly used for this purpose.
- Compute Bounding Box: Calculate the minimum and maximum values along each dimension (x, y, z) of the vertices. These values define the bounding box that contains the part.
- Calculate Volume: With the dimensions of the bounding box, you can calculate its volume using the formula for a rectangular box.
Refer to this documentation for more information: https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/stlread.html
