Data samples and .ply

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ooops

u meant ply, not iges.Well, better luck, much more tools :

info bout th eformat

http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/~pbourke/geomformats/ply/
http://www.programmersheaven.com/zone10/cat454/35124.htm

free ply to vrml97 (way standard) converter.I think u need just to compile it with any c++ compiler.
http://www.hlrs.de/people/aumueller/ply2vrml97/

free viewer of ply and other formats, open source :
"A fast viewer for 3D meshes. Supports 3DS, OBJ, MD2, SMD, TIN, STL and PLY for the mesh files, and most common image formats for texturing (JPG, TGA, BMP, CEL, PNG...). Source available at the same link."
http://glscene.sourceforge.net/download.htm

U could use blender to make the conversion.Import and export plugin available. beware, while it could work with -th ones I have now- latest 2.35 and python 2.34, I'd recomend just downloading what it says, blender 2.32 and python 2.2.This way u ensure it.
http://people.cs.uct.ac.za/~bmerry/msc/downloads.html
It has even uv mapping support!

ply loading code for c++ coders, I think...
http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/nickamy/code.htm

more converters for Ply...
ftp://ftp.cyberware.com/pub/converters/

phew, that one was tough...

why the heck don't people use just OBj... ;)

ps: good luck editing enormous Pc killing 3d scans.... ;)


Oh, and...
comercial tool supporting it and a whole load more :
http://web.axelero.hu/karpo/
I still prefer the idea of micromouse.ca converter and 3d exploration (there's an usable shareware version of it) but yep, that karpo one supports way more formats. (well probably not as much as deep exploration newer...but that's another type of price...)