OBJ_TO_PLY
OBJ => PLY Graphics File Conversion

OBJ_TO_PLY is a C program which converts an Alias OBJ file to a PLY file.

Related Data and Programs:

IVCON is a C++ program which can convert between the Alias OBJ format and other formats.

IVREAD is a FORTRAN90 program which can convert between the Alias OBJ and other formats.

OBJ is a data directory which contains some information about the Alias OBJ format.

OBJ_IO is a FORTRAN90 library of routines to transfer graphics information to and from Alias OBJ files.

OBJ2OPENGL is a PERL script that converts an OBJ file to a C/C++ include file appropriate for use with OPEN_GL.

PLATO_PLY is an executable C program which creates a Platonic solid and writes it to an ASCII PLY file.

PLY is a data directory which contains some information about the PLY format.

PLY_TO_IV is a C program which can convert a PLY file to the IV format.

PLY_IO is a C library which has some routines needed by OBJ_TO_PLY.

PLY_IO is a MATLAB library of routines to read or write a PLY file.

PLY_TO_OBJ is a C program which reads a PLY 3D graphics file and writes an equivalent OBJ graphics file.

PLY_TO_TRI_MESH is a MATLAB program which can read a PLY file, extract the polygonal surface information, and return it as a TRI_MESH dataset.

TEC_TO_OBJ is a FORTRAN90 program which can read a TECPLOT file describing a surface in 3D composed of triangles or quadrilaterals, and write an OBJ file.

TRI_MESH_TO_PLY is a MATLAB program which converts a TRI_MESH data structure into a PLY data structure.

Author:

Greg Turk

Usage:

obj_to_ply [flags] < file.obj > file.ply

the "-f" flag flips vertex order in polygons.

Reference:

1. OBJ is a file format from ALIAS ( http://www.alias.com/eng/index.shtml)
2. the OBJ file directory.
3. the PLY file directory.

Source Code:

• obj_to_ply.c, the source code;
• obj_to_ply.csh, commands to compile, link and load the source code;

Examples and Tests:

• cube.obj, an Alias OBJ file describing a cube;
• cube.ply, the PLY file created by OBJ_2_PLY.

You can go up one level to the C source codes.