U don't need to write anything. I don't understand you.
first off, sorry. i misread what you wrote about the Blender plugin. will have to give it a look. bummer have to load older version.
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for the sake of closure people should probably forget the IGES files on that site. i think they're bad. they choke my CAD; open in Maya... but without surface data. tried earlier in the week.
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wrt .ply files:
- Crossroads does not read VRML2/VRML97. a ply-to-vrml97 doesn't help. i've seen VRML1 to VRML2 convertors, but not other way. "lot of exporters for VRML97. not many importers."
- accutrans doesn't support .ply or .iv formats. don't need dxf. Maya and CAD support that. don't need .stl or .obj either. my apps can read those too.
- i'm guessing 3D Explorer is actually 3D Exploration. took me a while on that page to figure that out. damn. no wonder i could never find it and could only find the paid version. thanks for that. at least i can get that Cornell Box .iv file to open cleanly. but still no .ply support. bummer.
- "there are scans in dxf format , of course, non uv mapped. There are others in obj.U only gotta dig a bit". obj format opens fine. full body person was only about 250k tri's tho. too low for good rez actually. issue is .ply files. also, is subject 82, available in other formats? didn't dig that far. zip only has .ply format.
- so OpenFX doesn't open either .ply or .iv. all i needed to know. thanks.
- "convert an vrml or whatever the format to OBJ." again, it's the flavor of VRML. of course if there was no direct .ply convertor then the next step would be to find a VRML2 to VRML convertor. one thing at a time.
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yep, it looks like is only a viewer, but go to the installation folder.
i don't install stuff that doesn't look useful. too much crap on the machine is bad. but glad you install stuff so easily! will take a look at those hidden convertors. that could be an excellent and rare find.
nice hunting job. now if we can only get you to shorten/organize your posts. those are tough. :)