G-PLY

## 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 specifiedobject(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) 2003-2023 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>`