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Rvcg (version 0.12.2)
vcgPlyRead: Import ascii or binary PLY files.
Description
Reads Polygon File Format (PLY) files and stores the results in an object of class "mesh3d" - momentarily only triangular meshes are supported.
Usage
vcgPlyRead(file, updateNormals = TRUE, clean = TRUE)
Arguments
file
character: file to be read.
updateNormals
logical: if TRUE and the imported file contais faces, vertex normals will be (re)calculated.
clean
logical: if TRUE, duplicated and unreference vertices will be removed.
Value
Object of class "mesh3d"
with:
vb
3 x n matrix containing n vertices as homolougous coordinates
normals
3 x n matrix containing vertex normals
it
3 x m integer matrix containing vertex indices forming triangular faces
material$color
Per vertex colors if specified in the imported file
See Also
vcgSmooth
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