WriteSTLFile: Ensure output path is created when executing filter.

Signed-off-by: Michael Jackson <[email protected]>
(cherry picked from commit 5e43278)

src/Plugins/ComplexCore/src/ComplexCore/Filters/Algorithms/WriteStlFile.cpp

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include "WriteStlFile.hpp"
 
 #include "complex/DataStructure/Geometry/TriangleGeom.hpp"
+#include "complex/Utilities/FilterUtilities.hpp"
 #include "complex/Utilities/StringUtilities.hpp"
 
 using namespace complex;
@@ -65,7 +66,15 @@ Result<> WriteStlFile::operator()()
   const IGeometry::MeshIndexArrayType& triangles = triangleGeom.getFacesRef();
   const IGeometry::MeshIndexType nTriangles = triangleGeom.getNumberOfFaces();
   const auto& featureIds = m_DataStructure.getDataRefAs<Int32Array>(m_InputValues->FeatureIdsPath);
-  // const auto& normals = m_DataStructure.getDataRefAs<Float32Array>(m_InputValues->FaceNormalsPath);
+
+  const std::filesystem::path outputPath = m_InputValues->OutputStlDirectory;
+  // Make sure any directory path is also available as the user may have just typed
+  // in a path without actually creating the full path
+  Result<> createDirectoriesResult = complex::CreateOutputDirectories(outputPath);
+  if(createDirectoriesResult.invalid())
+  {
+    return createDirectoriesResult;
+  }
 
   // Store all the unique Spins
   std::map<int32, int32> uniqueGrainIdToPhase;

src/Plugins/ComplexCore/src/ComplexCore/Filters/WriteStlFileFilter.cpp

@@ -123,16 +123,6 @@ IFilter::PreflightResult WriteStlFileFilter::preflightImpl(const DataStructure&
     return MakePreflightErrorResult(-27873, fmt::format("Feature Ids Array doesn't exist at: {}", pFeatureIdsPathValue.toString()));
   }
 
-  //  if(auto* normals = dataStructure.getDataAs<Float32Array>(pFaceNormalsPathValue); normals == nullptr)
-  //  {
-  //    return MakePreflightErrorResult(-27874, fmt::format("Face Normals Array doesn't exist at: {}", pFaceNormalsPathValue.toString()));
-  //  }
-
-  if(!exists(pOutputStlDirectoryValue))
-  {
-    return MakePreflightErrorResult(-27875, fmt::format("Directory {} doesn't exist.", pOutputStlDirectoryValue.string()));
-  }
-
   // Return both the resultOutputActions and the preflightUpdatedValues via std::move()
   return {std::move(resultOutputActions), std::move(preflightUpdatedValues)};
 }