can anyone point me towards a way to convert PLY format
models to POV mesh? I haven't been able to find anything.

thanks

ts

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Hi,
try quick3d (shareware - http://www.quick3d.com/).
Within the test period you can translate from ply to obj or 3ds (don't
remember) for free and then as usual with Poseray to pov formate.


Norbert Kern



ts wrote:
>can anyone point me towards a way to convert PLY format
>models to POV mesh? I haven't been able to find anything.
>
>thanks
>
>ts
>

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Norbert Kern wrote:
>Hi,
>try quick3d (shareware - http://www.quick3d.com/).
>Within the test period you can translate from ply to obj or 3ds (don't
>remember) for free and then as usual with Poseray to pov formate.
>
>
>Norbert Kern

thanks Norbert ... will give it a try.
i'm looking to snag convert the Happy Buddha.
does anyone have it converted already?
or have a good sources for other .ply objects?
or ... can explain the format of .ply and how
it differs from other meshes?

tia
ts

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> thanks Norbert ... will give it a try.
> i'm looking to snag convert the Happy Buddha.
> does anyone have it converted already?

A POV-Ray user called Mael did it IIRC. You can probably retrieve his email
from his messages in povray.unofficial.patches (among other groups) and ask
him directly.

> or have a good sources for other .ply objects?
> or ... can explain the format of .ply and how
> it differs from other meshes?

You have one friend called Google...
http://www.google.com/search?q=ply+format

G.


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