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What

Calculate the:

• Volume
• Surface Area
• Bounding Box
• Build Time

of a 3D mesh via HTTP API.

Supports these 3D formats

• STL (Binary & ASCII)
• 3DS
• OBJ

New! – auto-generate 3D thumbnail images

So now you get server-side:

• STL to image converter
• 3DS to image converter
• OBJ to image converter

How

Sign-up for an account on https://manifold.metamatic.us. Get an API key. Select a monthly plan. Start making 3D calculations and image renders in the cloud!

Client side implementations are provided in four popular languages:

• PHP
• JS/HTML
• Python
• cURL (for the command line junkies)

Example

Here’s how to use this web service via cURL:

1. HTTP POST

   curl -X POST \
    -F "api_key=your-api-key" \
    -F "datafile=@your-model.stl" \
    --url https://manifold.metamatic.us/v1/compute/
   

   e.g. JSON response:

   {
       "task_id": "67cdd36a-b53b-427e-8f97-42d62a46c1d5" 
   }
   

2. HTTP GET

   curl -X GET \
    --url "https://manifold.metamatic.us/v1/compute/?task_id=your-task-id" 
   

e.g. JSON response:

{
    "volume":
    {
        "value":63999.92980959427,
        "UOM":"mm3" 
    },
    "bbox":
    {
        "value":
        {
            "width": 40.0,
            "height": 40.0,
            "length": 39.99999809265137
        },
        "UOM": "mm" 
    },
    "area":
    {
        "value": 9599.993515016226,
        "UOM": "mm2" 
    },
    "time": {
        "UOM": "s",
        "value": {
            "min": 2666.663742066428,
            "max": 7999.991226199284
        }
    },
    "facet_count":
    {
        "value":12,
        "UOM":"#" 
    },
}

Bottom-line

All the calculations you need – available in one place. Upload, compute, visualize, quote.

Visit

https://manifold.metamatic.us for more information on API for 3D printing cost calculation

Disclaimer

API key needs to be purchased from https://manifold.metamatic.us for making compute API calls.