PLY is a data directory which contains examples of files in the PLY format, a simple format for the description of objects that are a collection of polygons.
PLY files are:
Example:
ply
format ascii 1.0 { ascii/binary, format version number }
comment made by anonymous { comments are keyword specified }
comment this file is a cube
element vertex 8 { define "vertex" element, 8 in file }
property float32 x { vertex contains float "x" coordinate }
property float32 y { y coordinate is also a vertex property }
property float32 z { z coordinate, too }
element face 6 { there are 6 "face" elements in the file }
property list uint8 int32 vertex_index
{ "vertex_indices" is a list of ints }
end_header { delimits the end of the header }
0 0 0 { start of vertex list }
0 0 1
0 1 1
0 1 0
1 0 0
1 0 1
1 1 1
1 1 0
4 0 1 2 3 { start of face list }
4 7 6 5 4
4 0 4 5 1
4 1 5 6 2
4 2 6 7 3
4 3 7 4 0
The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the GNU LGPL license.
OBJ_TO_PLY, a C program which reads an OBJ file and writes similar information to a PLY file, by Greg Turk.
PLATO_PLY, a C program which writes a PLY graphics file for any Platonic solid, by Greg Turk.
PLY_IO, a C library which reads or writes a 3D graphics file in PLY format, by Greg Turk;
PLY_IO, a MATLAB library which reads or writes a 3D graphics file in PLY format, by Greg Turk;
PLY_TO_IV, a C program which converts a 3D graphics file from PLY format to Inventor format, by Greg Turk.
PLY_TO_OBJ, a C program which reads a PLY 3D graphics file and writes an equivalent OBJ graphics file, by Greg Turk.
PLY_TO_TRI_SURFACE, a MATLAB program which reads a PLY file and extracts the surface mesh data as a TRI_SURFACE dataset.
TRI_SURFACE_TO_PLY, a MATLAB program which converts a TRI_SURFACE dataset to a dataset suitable for storage as a PLY file.
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