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Alternative answer: Use the SVG importer from my Prototypes paclet:
https://github.com/arnoudbuzing/prototypes/releases/tag/0.5.6
To install the paclet, run this command:
PacletInstall["https://github.com/arnoudbuzing/prototypes/releases/download/v0.5.6/Prototypes-0.5.6.paclet"]
Note that this paclet has many many functions, but you may be able to ...
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Well... (importing your .STL object):
obj = Import["Link.STL"]
...if nothing else a very poor man's solution for simple visual in an interactive interface is just random sampling of points (i know it is far from spectacular :-) but is very light):
pts=RandomPoint[obj,1000];
obj//ByteCount
Graphics3D[Point[pts]]//ByteCount
1808792
24792
Also I ...
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Next, I would like to loop the whole process so that I don't have to
copy and paste my code 8 times for each individual file.
Since Import[..., "Data"] worked for you, why not use that?
Something like
SetDirectory[NotebookDirectory[]]
And now define, in separate cell, a module to process each file
processFile[fileName_]:=Module[{data},
data=...
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