Mesh Disassembly using Python

[ahmed807]

Hello Everyone,

I have tried to import a .stp file from python and get the different objects in it from the treeview and save each part alone, now I am trying to do the same thing with an .stl file but I can't. I even don't know how to do it from the gui.

So if anyone knows how to disassemble a mesh file please help. Also I tried to convert it to a part model but then also I can not get the different parts inside the model.

Thanks in advance.

[microelly2]

A stl file creates a mesh, this is a list of triangle faces. There is no inner structure what you can break into subparts.
The only way I see is to select submeshes and approximate them by CAD primitives.
You have access to the topology by the mesh workbench api.