G-PLY(1)

NAME

g-ply - Stanford PLY exporter (BRL-CAD to PLY)

SYNOPSIS

g-ply [-v] [-xX lvl] [-a abs_tess_tol] [-r rel_tess_tol] [-n norm_tess_tol] [-t type] [-s] [-D dist_calc_tol] -o output_file_name database.g object(s)…​

DESCRIPTION

g-ply converts the specified object(s) from a BRL-CAD database.g file to the Stanfort PLY file format.

The following options are recognized.

-o filename

Specify output file name.

-s

Write out one object per file, instead of merging individual objects into a single ply file.

-t type (asc: ascii), (le: little endian), (be: big endian)

Specify the type of PLY file to write.

-D#

Specify a calculational distance tolerance (mm). Any two vertices that are less than this distance apart will be treated as the same vertex.

-a#

Specify the absolute tesselation tolerance.

-r#

Specify the relative tesselation tolerance.

-n#

Specify the surface-normal tesselation tolerance.

-x#

Specify an RT debug flag.

-X#

Specify an NMG debug flag.

-v

Enable verbose output.

EXAMPLE

$ g-ply -o sample.ply sample.g sample_object

DIAGNOSTICS

Error messages are intended to be self-explanatory.

AUTHOR

BRL-CAD Team

COPYRIGHT

This software is Copyright (c) 1989-2021 by the United States Government as represented by U.S. Army Research Laboratory.

BUG REPORTS

Reports of bugs or problems should be submitted via electronic mail to devs@brlcad.org