Let F3D take as input a model via streaming rather than filename about f3d HOT 7 OPEN

Please note being able to stream would be great for two other issues:

• Windows thumbnailer improvements: #797
• Android version: #27

This already support by the libf3d API however not all format supports it, this require major improvements in VTK to support all formats.

It also requires to identify how to do that with the F3D application in a cross platform way.

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I would love to give this a try from Julia. But C++ is difficult to interface with. It would much easier if a C API could be added as well. ... Just wishing.

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We thought about a C API but it would have been too restrictive. Maybe use the python API instead ?

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OK, it's perhaps a bit too soon to talk about it since this feature doesn't exist yet, but a python API is no option for me. What I'm interested is in a way to exchange data, already in memory, between Julia and F3D. I mentioned C for two reasons. First because that's what I know and second because Julia has a very convenient way of communicating with C that doesn't depend on any 3rd party tools.

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Sure, C API is not planned for F3D I'm afraid.

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I agree with @joa-quim, C bindings are required. Not only for Julia, but other language like Rust could use it.

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C bindings seems indeed required in order to support interop with rust and julia. Lets see if there is interest from the community: #1307

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