Model Reader

Table of Contents

• Overview
• Reading files

Overview

When reading a file, the result is converted into a common data model that provides common format-neutral data representation and access API.

For file reading, the class ModelData::ModelReader serves as a single entry point. Currently, only reading of STEP format is supported. File are identified by their (asbolute) filenames on a disk.

Reading files

ModelData::ModelReader is the primary class for reading files. The usage is simple, one just has to call a single function with the path to the file that should be read and the target ModelData::Model instance.

The data model object is populated with the contents imported from the file being read. The model is not cleaned up before conversion, therefore a multiple files can be accumulated in the same model.

#include <cadex/ModelData/ModelReader.hxx>
 
using namespace cadex;
 
ModelData::Model aModel;
ModelData::ModelReader aReader;
if (!aReader.Read ("myfile.stp", aModel)) {
    //error during reading the file
}