Importing stl throws error

[Logical-sh]

Trying to import an STL using require throws a parser error. I believe this means it is not trying to use the jscad importer, but instead import it as a js module. This project works perfectly fine when drug into the the jscad site for 2.0.

Rhinoceros Binary STL ( May  7 2019 )
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ParseError: Unexpected token```

[danmarshall]

Hi @comwizz2, I guess I'm opinionated about the jscad importer. I should add this to the readme.

My belief is that it should just be plain Node.js and there is a lot of code in the importer that duplicates what already exists and is supported by a much larger community. Also, the importer would probably break the debugging capabilities of jscad-now since it uses a web worker in an opaque way.

Thank for filing the issue though. If there are others who feel strongly that this should be added perhaps there is a Browserify plugin that we can write to achieve this functionality.

[Logical-sh]

Well some instructions on importing non-js files would be useful otherwise I think. If this is loading in the browser can I even require the file api?

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[danmarshall]

I think that you can just use the Node.js file api, and that Browserify will make it "just work" in the browser.