Ply file loading
Ply files (containing ‘point clouds’) are the output of many photogrammetric reconstruction algorithms (for example COLMAP . You can view them quickly in Meshlab or Field, using this code here:
// import load ply
var LoadPly = Java . type ( " trace.graphics.LoadPly " )
// load something
var ply = new LoadPly ( " /Users/marc/Desktop/Organ_800k_text.ply " )
// make a layer
var layer = _ . stage . withName ( " asdf " )
// that's fully 3d
layer . is3D = true
layer . vrDefaults ()
layer . makeKeyboardCamera ()
var f = new FLine ()
// for all of the points...
for ( var p of ply . points )
{
f . moveTo ( p . at . y , p . at . x , p . at . z )
f . last (). color = vec ( p . color . x , p . color . y , p . color . z , 1 )
}
f . pointed = true
f . pointSize = 0.3
layer . lines . f = f
This will put a colored point-cloud onto a stage with a camera that you can drive around with the keyboard .