How To Install admesh on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install admesh on CentOS 7. admesh is Diagnose and/or repair problems with STereo Lithography files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install admesh on CentOS 7.

What is admesh

ADMesh is a program for diagnosing and/or repairing commonly encountered problems with STL (STereo Lithography) data files. It can remove degenerate and unconnected facets, connect nearby facets, fill holes by adding facets, and repair facet normals. Simple transformations such as scaling, translation and rotation are also supported. ADMesh can read both ASCII and binary format STL files, while the output can be in AutoCAD DXF, Geomview OFF, STL, or VRML format.

We can use yum or dnf to install admesh on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install admesh.

Install admesh on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install admesh using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install admesh

Install admesh on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install admesh using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install admesh

How To Uninstall admesh on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the admesh package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove admesh

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install admesh on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.