OBJ_TO_PLY
OBJ => PLY Graphics File Conversion

OBJ_TO_PLY is a C program which converts an Alias OBJ file to a PLY file, by Greg Turk.

Usage:

obj_to_ply [flags] < file.obj > file.ply

• file.obj is the OBJ file to be read;
• file.ply is the PLY file to be created;

Languages:

OBJ_TO_PLY is available in a C version.

Related Data and Programs:

IVCON, a C++ program which can convert between the Alias OBJ format and other formats.

IVREAD, a FORTRAN90 program which can convert between the Alias OBJ and other formats.

OBJ, a data directory which contains some information about the Alias OBJ format.

OBJ_IO, a FORTRAN90 library which transfers graphics information to and from Alias OBJ files.

OBJ2OPENGL, a PERL script which converts an OBJ file to a C/C++ include file appropriate for use with OpenGL

PLATO_PLY, a C program which creates a Platonic solid and writes it to an ASCII PLY file.

PLY, a data directory which contains some information about the PLY format.

PLY_TO_IV, a C program which can convert a PLY file to the IV format.

PLY_IO, a C library which has some routines needed by OBJ_TO_PLY.

PLY_IO, a MATLAB library which reads or writes a PLY file.

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

TEC_TO_OBJ, a FORTRAN90 program which can read a TECPLOT file describing a surface in 3D composed of triangles or quadrilaterals, and write an OBJ file.

Author:

Greg Turk

Reference:

1. OBJ is a file format from ALIAS ( http://www.alias.com/eng/index.shtml)
2. the OBJ file directory.
3. the PLY file directory.

Source Code:

• obj_to_ply.c, the source code;

Examples and Tests:

• cube.obj, an Alias OBJ file describing a cube;
• cube.ply, the PLY file created by OBJ_TO_PLY.

List of Routines:

• MAIN is the main program for OBJ_TO_PLY.
• FETCH_LINE gets a text line and see if it is a line of comments.
• FETCH_WORDS breaks up the last read line into words.
• GET_INDICES breaks a word of slash-separated numbers into one or more numbers.
• MAKE_COMMENT saves a new comment.
• MAKE_FACE creates a new face.
• MAKE_VERTEX creates a new vertex.
• READ_OBJ reads in a Wavefront OBJ file.
• USAGE prints out usage information.
• WRITE_FILE writes the PLY file to the standard output unit.

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