OFF2PLC
Convert OFF File to PLC Format

OFF2PLC is a C++ program which reads an OFF file describing a surface in 3D, and creates an equivalent PLC file, by Alex Rand.

Usage:

off2plc file.off

file.off is the name of the OFF file to be converted.

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the GNU LGPL license.

Languages:

OFF2PLC is available in a C++ version.

Related Data and Programs:

BOOST, C++ programs which demonstrate the use of the Boost libraries;

MESHLAB, examples which illustrate the use of the meshlab program, an advanced mesh processing system for automatic or user-assisted editing, cleaning, filtering, converting and rendering of large unstructured 3D triangular meshes. MESHLAB can read and write 3DS, OBJ, OFF, PLY, and STL graphics files.

OFF, a data directory which contains examples of Object File Format (OFF) files, a Geomview file format for 3D graphics;

PLC, a data directory of examples of PLC files, used to describe a piecewise linear complex, a surface that bounds a 3D region that is to be meshed.

Author:

Alex Rand

Source Code:

• off2plc.cpp, the source code.
• foreach.hpp, an include file needed to enable access to the Boost library's "foreach" command.
• off2plc.sh, commands to compile the source code.

Examples and Tests:

• box.off, an OFF file describing a box.
• box.plc, the corresponding PLC file, created by off2plc.

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