PlyEdit: Loading Meshes

Mesh: Click on the right arrow to open up a file selection dialog. If a mesh is already being edited, loading a new PLY file will replace that mesh. If you wish to add a PLY into the mesh being edited, use the Import Align Combine tools instead.

Clicking on the Mesh button itself will open up a panel showing various details about the loaded file:

Figure 2. UV Map

Clicking on the Map button will open up a row of additional options:

Figure 3. Ghost Mesh

-{{:PlyEdit: Menu}} [[Image:PlyEdit-load.png|right|thumb|Figure 1. Loading Meshes]]
+{{:PlyEdit: Menu}} [[Image:PlyEdit-load.png|right|thumb|Figure 1. Loading Meshes]] PLY files can be loaded into PlyEdit in a few different ways:
-; Mesh : To load a new PLY file into PlyEdit, click on the right arrow to open up a file selection dialog. If a mesh is already being edited, loading a new PLY file will '''replace''' that mesh. If you wish to '''add''' a PLY into the mesh being edited, use the [[PlyEdit: Import Align Combine|Import Align Combine]] tools instead.
+# Right click on the PLY file and select "Edit with PlyEdit".
+# Drag'n'drop the PLY file onto the headus desktop icon.
+# If PlyEdit is already running, use the '''Mesh''' arrow button.
+; Mesh : Click on the right arrow to open up a file selection dialog. If a mesh is already being edited, loading a new PLY file will '''replace''' that mesh. If you wish to '''add''' a PLY into the mesh being edited, use the [[PlyEdit: Import Align Combine|Import Align Combine]] tools instead.
 : Clicking on the Mesh button itself will open up a panel showing various details about the loaded file: