From 25ce954c0d096cecea8fd3308a8d308c821b86fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: foreachthing <foreachthing@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2024 22:15:54 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Added ASCII export functionality for STL and PLY.

---
 .gitignore         | 4 ++++
 source/__init__.py | 5 +++++
 source/export.py   | 4 ++--
 source/ui.py       | 3 +++
 4 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1a49cd0..fa122ea 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 # Generic files to ignore.
 .*
 
+print3d.rsa
+print3d.rsa.pub
+
 # Python temp paths.
 __pycache__/
 *.py[cod]
@@ -17,3 +20,4 @@ __pycache__/
 
 # Locally built extensions.
 /*.zip
+
diff --git a/source/__init__.py b/source/__init__.py
index 2ecc830..7d09d54 100644
--- a/source/__init__.py
+++ b/source/__init__.py
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ class SceneProperties(PropertyGroup):
         description="Apply scene scale setting on export",
         default=False,
     )
+    use_ascii_export: BoolProperty(
+        name="ASCII",
+        description="Exporting file in ASCII format, export binary as binary otherwise.",
+        default=False,
+    )
     use_data_layers: BoolProperty(
         name="Data Layers",
         description=(
diff --git a/source/export.py b/source/export.py
index 740c675..099bf1d 100644
--- a/source/export.py
+++ b/source/export.py
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ def write_mesh(context, report_cb):
         filepath = bpy.path.ensure_ext(filepath, ".stl")
         ret = bpy.ops.wm.stl_export(
             filepath=filepath,
-            ascii_format=False,
+            ascii_format=print_3d.use_ascii_export,
             apply_modifiers=True,
             export_selected_objects=True,
             global_scale=global_scale,
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ def write_mesh(context, report_cb):
         filepath = bpy.path.ensure_ext(filepath, ".ply")
         ret = bpy.ops.wm.ply_export(
             filepath=filepath,
-            ascii_format=False,
+            ascii_format=print_3d.use_ascii_export,
             apply_modifiers=True,
             export_selected_objects=True,
             global_scale=global_scale,
diff --git a/source/ui.py b/source/ui.py
index 19995de..e08b711 100644
--- a/source/ui.py
+++ b/source/ui.py
@@ -135,6 +135,9 @@ class VIEW3D_PT_print3d_export(View3DPrintPanel, Panel):
         col.prop(print_3d, "use_apply_scale")
         col.prop(print_3d, "use_export_texture")
         sub = col.column()
+        sub.active = print_3d.export_format in ("STL", "PLY")
+        sub.prop(print_3d, "use_ascii_export")
+        sub = col.column()
         sub.active = print_3d.export_format != "STL"
         sub.prop(print_3d, "use_data_layers")
 
-- 
2.30.2