PLATO_PLY
Write a Platonic Solid to a PLY File

PLATO_PLY is a C program which writes any one of the five Platonic solids to a PLY file.

Related Data and Programs:

PLY is a data directory which contains examples of PLY files.

PLY_TO_IV is a C program which converts a PLY file to INVENTOR format.

PLY_IO is a C library which is used by PLATO_PLY.

PLY_IO is a MATLAB library which can read or write a PLY file.

PLY_TO_OBJ is a C program which reads a PLY 3D graphics file and writes an equivalent OBJ graphics file.

PLY_TO_TRI_MESH is a MATLAB program which can read a PLY file, extract the polygonal surface information, and return it as a TRI_MESH dataset.

TRI_MESH_TO_PLY is a MATLAB program which converts a TRI_MESH data structure into a PLY data structure.

Usage:

plato_ply -c > cube.poly

creates the cube. Switches "d", "i", "o" and "t" create the dodecahedron, icosahedron, octahedron and tetrahedron.

Author:

Greg Turk

Source Code:

Source code files you may copy include:

• plato_ply.c, the source code;
• plato_ply.csh, commands to compile, link and load the source code;

You can go up one level to the C source codes.