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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+#
+# fped2stl.pl - Convert fped 2D stacks to STL meshes
+#
+# Written 2013 by Werner Almesberger
+# Copyright 2013 Werner Almesberger
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+
+
+use POSIX;
+
+sub usage
+{
+	print STDERR "usage: $0 prefix [file ...]\n\n";
+	exit(1);
+}
+
+
+sub flush
+{
+	local ($z1) = sprintf("%e", $_[0]);
+
+	$z = sprintf("%e", $z);
+	return unless defined $s;
+print STDERR "$name $z ...\n";
+	$^F = 20;
+	pipe SR, SW;
+	pipe RR, RW;
+	$pid = fork();
+	if (!$pid) {
+		close SW;
+		close RR;
+		$sn = fileno SR;
+		$rn = fileno RW;
+		open(PIPE, "|cameo >/dev/fd/$rn") || die "cameo: $!";
+		print PIPE "gnuplot 0mm /dev/fd/$sn\n";
+		print PIPE "stl\n";
+		close PIPE;
+		exit;
+	}
+	close SR;
+	close RW;
+
+	print SW $s;
+	close SW;
+
+	while (<RR>) {
+		s/cameo/$name/;
+		s/(vertex.*)0\.0*e\+00$/$1$z/;
+		s/(vertex.*)1\.0*e\+00$/$1$z1/;
+		print;
+	}
+	close RR;
+}
+
+
+&usage if $ARGV[0] =~ /^-[^0-9]/;
+
+$pfx = shift @ARGV;
+&usage unless defined $pfx;
+
+$skip = 1;
+while (<>) {
+	if (/^# $pfx(.*?)-(\d+(\.\d*)?)\s*$/) {
+		&flush($2);
+		$name = $1;
+		$z = $2;
+		undef $s;
+		$skip = 0;
+	} elsif (/^# /) {
+		$skip = 1;
+	}
+	next if $skip;
+	next if /^#/;
+	$s .= $_;
+}
+&flush(0);