PLY_TO_IV
PLY => IV Graphics File Conversion

PLY_TO_IV is a C program which converts a PLY file to an Inventor (IV) file, by Greg Turk.

Usage:

ply_to_iv < file.ply > file.iv

• file.ply is the PLY file to be read;
• file.iv is the IV file to be created;

Languages:

PLY_TO_IV is available in a C version.

Related Data and Programs:

OBJ_TO_PLY, a C program which converts an OBJ file to a PLY file.

PLATO_PLY, a C program which writes out any of the five Platonic solids as a PLY file, by Greg Turk.

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

PLY_DISPLAY, a MATLAB program which displays an image of a 3D graphics file in PLY format;

PLY_IO, a C library which can read or write a PLY file, by Greg Turk.

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

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

TRI_SURFACE_TO_PLY, a MATLAB program which converts a TRI_SURFACE data structure into a PLY data structure.

Author:

Greg Turk

Source Code:

• ply_to_iv.c, the source code;

Examples and Tests:

CUBE is a simple definition of a cube.

• cube.ply, the original PLY file;
• cube.iv, the Inventor file created by ply_to_iv.

List of Routines:

• MAIN is the main program for PLY_TO_IV.
• USAGE prints the usage information when the program is called incorrectly.
• READ_PLY_FILE reads a PLY file from standard input.
• WRITE_INVENTOR_FILE writes an Inventor file to standard output.

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