.ply import issue

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Gianluca Cientanni
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.ply import issue

Post by Gianluca Cientanni »

Hi there.

My question: Does a *.ply file have to contain a texture or object designation to each point in the file for it to be recognisable by V-REP? I am struggling to import a *.ply point cloud taken via a stereo-vision camera. I tried changing the file type to *.obj and then importing it into V-REP but still no success.

I have read the other forum answers regarding this issue and I have a feeling textures/objects need to be assigned but there has been no explicit answer on this.

Also I am very new to using this software so apologies for any huge conceptual misunderstandings!

Thank you very much,

Gianluca

coppelia
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Re: .ply import issue

Post by coppelia »

Hello Gianluca,

V-REP does not support the PLY format. The easiest would probably be to convert that to another, supported format (or is this what you already did? from your post it sounds like you have simply changed the file extension...
If textures are needed, then you really have to convert to obj format. Conversion in itself can also be problematic sometimes, and some information (e.g. textures) might get lost.

Cheers

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