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6 stl2dcm - Encapsulate STL file into DICOM file format
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10 stl2dcm [options] stlfile-in dcmfile-out
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13 The stl2dcm utility reads a STL file (stlfile-in), converts it to a
14 DICOM Encapsulated STL Storage SOP instance and stores the converted
15 data to an output file (dcmfile-out).
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18 stlfile-in STL input filename to be encapsulated
19 dcmfile-out DICOM output filename
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23 general options
24 -h --help
25 print this help text and exit
26 --version
28 print version information and exit
29 --arguments
31 print expanded command line arguments
32 -q --quiet
34 quiet mode, print no warnings and errors
35 -v --verbose
37 verbose mode, print processing details
38 -d --debug
40 debug mode, print debug information
41 -ll --log-level [l]evel: string constant
43 (fatal, error, warn, info, debug, trace)
44 use level l for the logger
45 -lc --log-config [f]ilename: string
47 use config file f for the logger
48 DICOM document options
50 document title:
51 +t --title [t]itle: string (default: empty)
53 document title
54 +cn --concept-name [CSD] [CV] [CM]: string (default: empty)
56 coded representation of document title defined by coding
57 scheme designator CSD, code value CV and code meaning CM
58 patient data:
60 +pn --patient-name [n]ame: string
62 patient's name in DICOM PN syntax
63 +pi --patient-id [i]d: string
65 patient identifier
66 +pb --patient-birthdate [d]ate: string (YYYYMMDD)
68 patient's birth date
69 +ps --patient-sex [s]ex: string (M, F or O)
71 patient's sex
72 study and series:
74 +sg --generate
76 generate new study and series UIDs (default)
77 +st --study-from [f]ilename: string
79 read patient/study data from DICOM file
80 +se --series-from [f]ilename: string
82 read patient/study/series data from DICOM file
83 instance number:
85 +i1 --instance-one
87 use instance number 1 (default, not with +se)
88 +ii --instance-inc
90 increment instance number (only with +se)
91 +is --instance-set [i]nstance number: integer
93 use instance number i
94 burned-in annotation:
96 +an --annotation-yes
98 document contains patient identifying data (default)
99 -an --annotation-no
101 document does not contain patient identifying data
102 enhanced general equipment:
104 +mn --manufacturer [n]ame: string
106 manufacturer's name
107 +mm --manufacturer-model [n]ame: string
109 manufacturer's model name
110 +ds --device-serial [n]umber: string
112 device serial number
113 +sv --software-versions [v]ersions: string
115 software versions
116 3d model measurement units:
118 +mu --measurement-units [CSD] [CV] [CM]: string
120 measurement units with coding scheme designator CSD,
121 code value CV and code meaning CM (default: UCUM, um, um)
122 processing options
124 other processing options:
125 -k --key [k]ey: gggg,eeee="str", path or dictionary name="str"
127 add further attribute
128 output options
130 output file format:
131 +F --write-file
133 write file format (default)
134 -F --write-dataset
136 write data set without file meta information
137 group length encoding:
139 +g= --group-length-recalc
141 recalculate group lengths if present (default)
142 +g --group-length-create
144 always write with group length elements
145 -g --group-length-remove
147 always write without group length elements
148 length encoding in sequences and items:
150 +e --length-explicit
152 write with explicit lengths (default)
153 -e --length-undefined
155 write with undefined lengths
156 data set trailing padding (not with --write-dataset):
158 -p --padding-off
160 no padding (implicit if --write-dataset)
161 +p --padding-create [f]ile-pad [i]tem-pad: integer
163 align file on multiple of f bytes
164 and items on multiple of i bytes
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167 Attribute Sources
168 The application may be fed with some additional input for filling
169 mandatory (and optional) attributes in the new DICOM file like patient,
170 study and series information:
171 • The --key option can be used to add further attributes to the DICOM
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174 • It is also possible to specify sequences, items and nested attributes
175 using the --key option. In these cases, a special 'path' notation has
176 to be used. Details on this path notation can be found in the
177 documentation of dcmodify.
178 • The --key option can be present more than once.
179 • The value part (after the '=') may be absent causing the attribute to
180 be set with zero length.
181 • Please be advised that the --key option is applied at the very end,
182 just before saving the DICOM file, so there is no value checking
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185 The level of logging output of the various command line tools and
186 underlying libraries can be specified by the user. By default, only
187 errors and warnings are written to the standard error stream. Using
188 option --verbose also informational messages like processing details
189 are reported. Option --debug can be used to get more details on the
190 internal activity, e.g. for debugging purposes. Other logging levels
191 can be selected using option --log-level. In --quiet mode only fatal
192 errors are reported. In such very severe error events, the application
193 will usually terminate. For more details on the different logging
194 levels, see documentation of module 'oflog'.
195 In case the logging output should be written to file (optionally with
196 logfile rotation), to syslog (Unix) or the event log (Windows) option
197 --log-config can be used. This configuration file also allows for
198 directing only certain messages to a particular output stream and for
199 filtering certain messages based on the module or application where
200 they are generated. An example configuration file is provided in
201 <etcdir>/logger.cfg.
203 All command line tools use the following notation for parameters:
204 square brackets enclose optional values (0-1), three trailing dots
205 indicate that multiple values are allowed (1-n), a combination of both
206 means 0 to n values.
207 Command line options are distinguished from parameters by a leading '+'
208 or '-' sign, respectively. Usually, order and position of command line
209 options are arbitrary (i.e. they can appear anywhere). However, if
210 options are mutually exclusive the rightmost appearance is used. This
211 behavior conforms to the standard evaluation rules of common Unix
212 shells.
213 In addition, one or more command files can be specified using an '@'
214 sign as a prefix to the filename (e.g. @command.txt). Such a command
215 argument is replaced by the content of the corresponding text file
216 (multiple whitespaces are treated as a single separator unless they
217 appear between two quotation marks) prior to any further evaluation.
218 Please note that a command file cannot contain another command file.
219 This simple but effective approach allows one to summarize common
220 combinations of options/parameters and avoids longish and confusing
221 command lines (an example is provided in file <datadir>/dumppat.txt).
223 The stl2dcm utility uses the following exit codes when terminating.
224 This enables the user to check for the reason why the application
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226 general
227 EXITCODE_NO_ERROR 0
228 EXITCODE_COMMANDLINE_SYNTAX_ERROR 1
229 EXITCODE_MEMORY_EXHAUSTED 4
230 input file errors
231 EXITCODE_CANNOT_READ_INPUT_FILE 20
232 EXITCODE_NO_INPUT_FILES 21
233 EXITCODE_INVALID_INPUT_FILE 22
234 output file errors
235 EXITCODE_CANNOT_WRITE_OUTPUT_FILE 40
237 The stl2dcm utility will attempt to load DICOM data dictionaries
238 specified in the DCMDICTPATH environment variable. By default, i.e. if
239 the DCMDICTPATH environment variable is not set, the file
240 <datadir>/dicom.dic will be loaded unless the dictionary is built into
241 the application (default for Windows).
242 The default behavior should be preferred and the DCMDICTPATH
243 environment variable only used when alternative data dictionaries are
244 required. The DCMDICTPATH environment variable has the same format as
245 the Unix shell PATH variable in that a colon (':') separates entries.
246 On Windows systems, a semicolon (';') is used as a separator. The data
247 dictionary code will attempt to load each file specified in the
248 DCMDICTPATH environment variable. It is an error if no data dictionary
249 can be loaded.
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