Whistle - STL File Tweaker for Window

Whistle - STL File Tweaker for Windows

Whistle will remain free to use but if you make money from using it a small donation via Paypal to gb@bramblingbooks.co.uk would be useful to help pay hosting costs etc.

The design is unusual, not the standard MDI (Multiple Document Interface). Separate windows are spawned for each .STI file.

For added fun there's a cam interface. Why? The cam image can be mapped as live, moving texture to any model producing some unusual results which can be cut and paste into any supporting application.


Screen shot of 4 Whistle windows

Functionality includes:

Move facets and vertexes
Wire frame or solid view
Axis display on or off
Object and background colour control
Cam texture – map the cam image as a texture - if cam supports 24 bit BGR colours. Let me know if you have another format.

Sub divide / add facets
Alpha channel – transparency – control
Snap shot – copy the window image to the clipboard
STL Header text display
Zoom, pan, rotate using keyboard and mouse
STL saving is disabled after a few days.

Notes:

If you map the cam and the object just seems to change colour – get up real close – the images are 320 x 240 pixels and may only be a fraction of the size of the object.
If you map the cam and the object doesn't change – may not support 24 bit BI_BGR colour. Ask me.
Tiny objects are rescaled to 1 (one).
Big STL files plus cam texture will really test your machine's performance and movement and mouse actions may slow.

Email me at gb@bramblingbooks.co.uk with comments or questions. I have over 25 years experience writing C programs for a myriad different Windows applications and RTOS embedded systems and will gladly quote for any bespoke work or contract.

Downloads:

By downloading you agree to the terms and conditions posted here
Latest version is 1.0.0.8 created 1st September 2009
Download Whistle.zip [53Kb] (Contains Whistle.exe in case your system balks at downloading an exe file.)
Download Whistle.exe [120Kb] I guarantee it's Spy ware and virus free as I wrote every line of code.
Download SomeSTLFiles.zip [251Kb] Some sample to play with.

There's no installer so run it from the desktop or any convenient folder. Whistle will not modify your system in any way but will create C:\Whist1e to store data and temporary files.

The help document is here.