/// <summary>Reads the STL document contained within the <paramref name="stream"/> into a new <see cref="STLDocument"/>.</summary>
/// <remarks>This method will expects a binary-based <see cref="STLDocument"/> to be contained within the <paramref name="reader"/>.</remarks>
/// <param name="reader">The reader which contains the binary-based STL data.</param>
/// <returns>An <see cref="STLDocument"/> representing the data contained in the stream or null if the stream is empty.</returns>
public static STLDocument Read(BinaryReader reader)
{
if (reader == null)
{
return(null);
}
byte[] buffer = new byte[80];
STLDocument stl = new STLDocument();
Facet currentFacet = null;
//Read (and ignore) the header and number of triangles.
buffer = reader.ReadBytes(80);
reader.ReadBytes(4);
//Read each facet until the end of the stream. Stop when the end of the stream is reached.
while ((reader.BaseStream.Position != reader.BaseStream.Length) && (currentFacet = Facet.Read(reader)) != null)
{
stl.Facets.Add(currentFacet);
}
return(stl);
}
