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Import & export

Bring in vendor geometry, and write models back out.

These calls read and write files, so they need the CLI (npm install -g kernelcad) or the MCP server. In a browser they raise cli.host-fs-unavailable.

Calls

Call What it does

lib : { fromSTEP(path: string): Promise<Shape>; fromBREP(path: string): Promise<Shape>; fromSTL(path: string, opts?: { tolerance?: number; allowOpen?: boolean; maxTriangles?: number }): Promise<Shape>; fromDXF(path: string, opts?: { units?: LengthUnit; tolerance?: number }): Promise<Sketch[]>; fromSVG(path: string, opts?: { units?: LengthUnit; tolerance?: number; curveTolerance?: number }): Promise<Sketch[]> } Parts library namespace.

Scene.toCompound() => Shape OCCT TopoDS_Compound — groups bodies without booleaning.

Call	What it does
`lib : { fromSTEP(path: string): Promise<Shape>; fromBREP(path: string): Promise<Shape>; fromSTL(path: string, opts?: { tolerance?: number; allowOpen?: boolean; maxTriangles?: number }): Promise<Shape>; fromDXF(path: string, opts?: { units?: LengthUnit; tolerance?: number }): Promise<Sketch[]>; fromSVG(path: string, opts?: { units?: LengthUnit; tolerance?: number; curveTolerance?: number }): Promise<Sketch[]> }`	Parts library namespace.
`Scene.toCompound() => Shape`	OCCT TopoDS_Compound — groups bodies without booleaning.