PLY files can be loaded into PlyEdit in a few different ways:
Right click on the PLY file and select "Edit with PlyEdit".
Drag'n'drop the PLY file onto the headus desktop icon.
Run "plyedit <file.ply>" from a command shell window.
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 Import Align Combine tools instead.
Clicking on the Mesh button itself will open up a panel showing various details about the loaded file:
F
Number of faces.
P
Number of points.
Cntr
XYZ position in millimeters of the center of mesh.
Size
Bounding box size in millimeters of the mesh.
A
Total area of the mesh surface.
V
Total volume of the mesh if there are no holes.
Figure 2. UV Map
Map
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Clicking on the Map button will open up a row of additional options:
