parse( data ) {

		function isBinary( data ) {

			const reader = new DataView( data );
			const face_size = ( 32 / 8 * 3 ) + ( ( 32 / 8 * 3 ) * 3 ) + ( 16 / 8 );
			const n_faces = reader.getUint32( 80, true );
			const expect = 80 + ( 32 / 8 ) + ( n_faces * face_size );

			if ( expect === reader.byteLength ) {

				return true;

			}

			// An ASCII STL data must begin with 'solid ' as the first six bytes.
			// However, ASCII STLs lacking the SPACE after the 'd' are known to be
			// plentiful.  So, check the first 5 bytes for 'solid'.

			// Several encodings, such as UTF-8, precede the text with up to 5 bytes:
			// https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byte_order_mark#Byte_order_marks_by_encoding
			// Search for "solid" to start anywhere after those prefixes.

			// US-ASCII ordinal values for 's', 'o', 'l', 'i', 'd'

			const solid = [ 115, 111, 108, 105, 100 ];

			for ( let off = 0; off < 5; off ++ ) {

				// If "solid" text is matched to the current offset, declare it to be an ASCII STL.

				if ( matchDataViewAt( solid, reader, off ) ) return false;

			}

			// Couldn't find "solid" text at the beginning; it is binary STL.

			return true;

		}

		function matchDataViewAt( query, reader, offset ) {

			// Check if each byte in query matches the corresponding byte from the current offset

			for ( let i = 0, il = query.length; i < il; i ++ ) {

				if ( query[ i ] !== reader.getUint8( offset + i ) ) return false;

			}

			return true;

		}

		function parseBinary( data ) {

			const reader = new DataView( data );
			const faces = reader.getUint32( 80, true );

			let r, g, b, hasColors = false, colors;
			let defaultR, defaultG, defaultB, alpha;

			// process STL header
			// check for default color in header ("COLOR=rgba" sequence).

			for ( let index = 0; index < 80 - 10; index ++ ) {

				if ( ( reader.getUint32( index, false ) == 0x434F4C4F /*COLO*/ ) &&
					( reader.getUint8( index + 4 ) == 0x52 /*'R'*/ ) &&
					( reader.getUint8( index + 5 ) == 0x3D /*'='*/ ) ) {

					hasColors = true;
					colors = new Float32Array( faces * 3 * 3 );

					defaultR = reader.getUint8( index + 6 ) / 255;
					defaultG = reader.getUint8( index + 7 ) / 255;
					defaultB = reader.getUint8( index + 8 ) / 255;
					alpha = reader.getUint8( index + 9 ) / 255;

				}

			}

			const dataOffset = 84;
			const faceLength = 12 * 4 + 2;

			const geometry = new BufferGeometry();

			const vertices = new Float32Array( faces * 3 * 3 );
			const normals = new Float32Array( faces * 3 * 3 );

			const color = new Color();

			for ( let face = 0; face < faces; face ++ ) {

				const start = dataOffset + face * faceLength;
				const normalX = reader.getFloat32( start, true );
				const normalY = reader.getFloat32( start + 4, true );
				const normalZ = reader.getFloat32( start + 8, true );

				if ( hasColors ) {

					const packedColor = reader.getUint16( start + 48, true );

					if ( ( packedColor & 0x8000 ) === 0 ) {

						// facet has its own unique color

						r = ( packedColor & 0x1F ) / 31;
						g = ( ( packedColor >> 5 ) & 0x1F ) / 31;
						b = ( ( packedColor >> 10 ) & 0x1F ) / 31;

					} else {

						r = defaultR;
						g = defaultG;
						b = defaultB;

					}

				}

				for ( let i = 1; i <= 3; i ++ ) {

					const vertexstart = start + i * 12;
					const componentIdx = ( face * 3 * 3 ) + ( ( i - 1 ) * 3 );

					vertices[ componentIdx ] = reader.getFloat32( vertexstart, true );
					vertices[ componentIdx + 1 ] = reader.getFloat32( vertexstart + 4, true );
					vertices[ componentIdx + 2 ] = reader.getFloat32( vertexstart + 8, true );

					normals[ componentIdx ] = normalX;
					normals[ componentIdx + 1 ] = normalY;
					normals[ componentIdx + 2 ] = normalZ;

					if ( hasColors ) {

						color.setRGB( r, g, b, SRGBColorSpace );

						colors[ componentIdx ] = color.r;
						colors[ componentIdx + 1 ] = color.g;
						colors[ componentIdx + 2 ] = color.b;

					}

				}

			}

			geometry.setAttribute( 'position', new BufferAttribute( vertices, 3 ) );
			geometry.setAttribute( 'normal', new BufferAttribute( normals, 3 ) );

			if ( hasColors ) {

				geometry.setAttribute( 'color', new BufferAttribute( colors, 3 ) );
				geometry.hasColors = true;
				geometry.alpha = alpha;

			}

			return geometry;

		}

		function parseASCII( data ) {

			const geometry = new BufferGeometry();
			const patternSolid = /solid([\s\S]*?)endsolid/g;
			const patternFace = /facet([\s\S]*?)endfacet/g;
			const patternName = /solid\s(.+)/;
			let faceCounter = 0;

			const patternFloat = /[\s]+([+-]?(?:\d*)(?:\.\d*)?(?:[eE][+-]?\d+)?)/.source;
			const patternVertex = new RegExp( 'vertex' + patternFloat + patternFloat + patternFloat, 'g' );
			const patternNormal = new RegExp( 'normal' + patternFloat + patternFloat + patternFloat, 'g' );

			const vertices = [];
			const normals = [];
			const groupNames = [];

			const normal = new Vector3();

			let result;

			let groupCount = 0;
			let startVertex = 0;
			let endVertex = 0;

			while ( ( result = patternSolid.exec( data ) ) !== null ) {

				startVertex = endVertex;

				const solid = result[ 0 ];

				const name = ( result = patternName.exec( solid ) ) !== null ? result[ 1 ] : '';
				groupNames.push( name );

				while ( ( result = patternFace.exec( solid ) ) !== null ) {

					let vertexCountPerFace = 0;
					let normalCountPerFace = 0;

					const text = result[ 0 ];

					while ( ( result = patternNormal.exec( text ) ) !== null ) {

						normal.x = parseFloat( result[ 1 ] );
						normal.y = parseFloat( result[ 2 ] );
						normal.z = parseFloat( result[ 3 ] );
						normalCountPerFace ++;

					}

					while ( ( result = patternVertex.exec( text ) ) !== null ) {

						vertices.push( parseFloat( result[ 1 ] ), parseFloat( result[ 2 ] ), parseFloat( result[ 3 ] ) );
						normals.push( normal.x, normal.y, normal.z );
						vertexCountPerFace ++;
						endVertex ++;

					}

					// every face have to own ONE valid normal

					if ( normalCountPerFace !== 1 ) {

						console.error( 'THREE.STLLoader: Something isn\'t right with the normal of face number ' + faceCounter );

					}

					// each face have to own THREE valid vertices

					if ( vertexCountPerFace !== 3 ) {

						console.error( 'THREE.STLLoader: Something isn\'t right with the vertices of face number ' + faceCounter );

					}

					faceCounter ++;

				}

				const start = startVertex;
				const count = endVertex - startVertex;

				geometry.userData.groupNames = groupNames;

				geometry.addGroup( start, count, groupCount );
				groupCount ++;

			}

			geometry.setAttribute( 'position', new Float32BufferAttribute( vertices, 3 ) );
			geometry.setAttribute( 'normal', new Float32BufferAttribute( normals, 3 ) );

			return geometry;

		}

		function ensureString( buffer ) {

			if ( typeof buffer !== 'string' ) {

				return new TextDecoder().decode( buffer );

			}

			return buffer;

		}

		function ensureBinary( buffer ) {

			if ( typeof buffer === 'string' ) {

				const array_buffer = new Uint8Array( buffer.length );
				for ( let i = 0; i < buffer.length; i ++ ) {

					array_buffer[ i ] = buffer.charCodeAt( i ) & 0xff; // implicitly assumes little-endian

				}

				return array_buffer.buffer || array_buffer;

			} else {

				return buffer;

			}

		}

		// start

		const binData = ensureBinary( data );

		return isBinary( binData ) ? parseBinary( binData ) : parseASCII( ensureString( data ) );

	}
Parses the given STL data and returns the resulting geometry.

@param {ArrayBuffer} data - The raw STL data as an array buffer.
@return {BufferGeometry} The parsed geometry.