format = string

Specifies the input format. It must correspond to one of the listed supported formats. If unspecified, then the format is inferred from the file extension of fname.

The importplot command retrieves data from a file encoding 2-D or 3-D geometry and produces a representation of that geometry as a Maple plot.

All imported data produces plot structures using the CURVES, POINTS, and POLYGONS plot data formats. SUBSECTION Supported Import Formats

Formats supported by importplot include the following: AMF, BYU, JVX, OBJ, OFF, PLY, STL, VTK

$\mathrm{stl}≔\mathrm{FileTools}:-\mathrm{JoinPath}\left(\left[''example/dodecahedron.stl''\right]\,\mathrm{base}=\mathrm{datadir}\right)$

$\mathrm{stl}≔''/maple/cbat/active/169462/data/example/dodecahedron.stl''$

$\mathrm{plottools}:-\mathrm{importplot}\left(\mathrm{stl}\right)$

$\mathrm{gear}≔\mathrm{FileTools}:-\mathrm{JoinPath}\left(\left[''example/gear.ply''\right]\,\mathrm{base}=\mathrm{datadir}\right)$

$\mathrm{gear}≔''/maple/cbat/active/169462/data/example/gear.ply''$

$\mathrm{plottools}:-\mathrm{importplot}\left(\mathrm{gear}\right)$

$\mathrm{byu}≔\mathrm{FileTools}:-\mathrm{JoinPath}\left(\left[''example/shuttle.byu''\right]\,\mathrm{base}=\mathrm{datadir}\right)\:$

$\mathrm{plottools}:-\mathrm{importplot}\left(\mathrm{byu}\,\mathrm{format}=''BYU''\right)$

$\mathrm{stellated}≔\mathrm{FileTools}:-\mathrm{JoinPath}\left(\left[''example/stellated.ply''\right]\,\mathrm{base}=\mathrm{datadir}\right)\:$

$\mathrm{plottools}:-\mathrm{importplot}\left(\mathrm{stellated}\,\mathrm{format}=''PLY''\right)$

The plottools[importplot] command was introduced in Maple 18.

For more information on Maple 18 changes, see Updates in Maple 18.

The plottools[importplot] command was updated in Maple 2021.

The format option was updated in Maple 2021.