STL_CYLINDERS(1)

👑 STL_CYLINDERS 👑

okay so this is the manual page for STL_CYLINDERS(1) from User Commands — yes bestie, a whole section just for her. sit down, hydrate, let's go 💖

🎀 NAME 🎀

stl_cylinders — stl_cylinders outputs an STL file with multiple cylinders defined by a custom binary input file. that's it, that's the vibe, no cap ✨

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

fr fr, here's what she does: stl_cylinders outputs an STL file with multiple cylinders defined by a custom binary input file. iconic behavior honestly 💅

the usage is literally:

stl_cylinders [ -r <radius> ] [ -s <segments> ] <input file> <output file>

so what's actually happening here?? let me break it down for you 🫶

• she outputs an stl file made up of N cylinders, and those cylinders are defined by start and end points in the input file 🌸
• each one gets the radius and number of segments you hand her on the command line ✨
• the first 4 bytes of the input file represent how many cylinders to generate, N 👑
• the rest of the input file defines the start and end points that define a line segment of the the central axis of the cylinder 💫
• each segment is defined by 6, 4 byte floats — ok so that's the format, don't fight it 💀
  • the first three are the X,Y,Z values of the start point
  • the second three are the X,Y,Z values of the end point

and the defaults, because everybody loves defaults:

• if the radius is omitted, it defaults to 1
• if segments is omitted, it defaults to 32

lowkey important: the input file is a custom binary input file, so don't be out here feeding her a text file and then acting surprised. the bytes are the blueprint, bestie 🎀

and that's the whole page, she's short and she's perfect. this was stl_cylinders v1.2, dated June 2025 — mwah, go make some cylinders, you absolute main character 🦋✨💖