PLY I/O Functions

I/O Functions for the Polygon File Format (PLY).

Functions
template<typename Graph , typename NamedParameters = CGAL::parameters::Default_named_parameters>
bool	CGAL::IO::read_PLY (std::istream &is, Graph &g, const NamedParameters &np=parameters::default_values())
	reads the graph g from the input stream, using the Polygon File Format (PLY).
template<typename Graph , typename NamedParameters = CGAL::parameters::Default_named_parameters>
bool	CGAL::IO::read_PLY (const std::string &fname, Graph &g, const NamedParameters &np=parameters::default_values())
	reads the graph g from a file named fname, using the Polygon File Format (PLY).
template<typename Graph , typename NamedParameters = CGAL::parameters::Default_named_parameters>
bool	CGAL::IO::write_PLY (std::ostream &os, const Graph &g, const std::string &comments, const NamedParameters &np=parameters::default_values())
	writes the graph in an output stream, using the Polygon File Format (PLY).
template<typename Graph , typename NamedParameters = CGAL::parameters::Default_named_parameters>
bool	CGAL::IO::write_PLY (const std::string &fname, const Graph &g, const std::string &comments, const NamedParameters &np=parameters::default_values())
	writes the graph in the output file fname, using the Polygon File Format (PLY).

Function Documentation

read_PLY() [1/2]

template<typename Graph , typename NamedParameters = CGAL::parameters::Default_named_parameters>

bool CGAL::IO::read_PLY	(	const std::string &	fname,
		Graph &	g,
		const NamedParameters &	np = parameters::default_values()
	)

#include <CGAL/boost/graph/IO/PLY.h>

reads the graph g from a file named fname, using the Polygon File Format (PLY).

The data is expected to represent a 2-manifold (possibly with borders).

Template Parameters

Graph	a model of MutableFaceGraph
NamedParameters	a sequence of Named Parameters

Parameters

fname	the name of the input file
g	the graph to be built from the input data
np	optional Named Parameters described below

Optional Named Parameters

use_binary_mode indicates whether data should be read in binary (true) or in ASCII (false) Type: Boolean Default: true
vertex_point_map a property map associating points to the vertices of g Type: a class model of WritablePropertyMap with boost::graph_traits<Graph>::vertex_descriptor as key type and Point_3 as value type Default: boost::get(CGAL::vertex_point, g) Extra: If this parameter is omitted, an internal property map for CGAL::vertex_point_t must be available in Graph.
vertex_index_map a property map associating to each vertex of graph a unique index Type: a class model of WritablePropertyMap with boost::graph_traits<Graph>::vertex_descriptor as key type and std::size_t as value type Default: vertex indices that may exist in the input will be ignored
vertex_color_map a property map associating colors to the vertices of g Type: a class model of WritablePropertyMap with boost::graph_traits<Graph>::vertex_descriptor as key type and CGAL::IO::Color as value type Default: vertex colors that may exist in the input will be ignored
face_color_map a property map associating colors to the faces of g Type: a class model of WritablePropertyMap with boost::graph_traits<Graph>::face_descriptor as key type and CGAL::IO::Color as value type Default: face colors that may exist in the input will be ignored
verbose whether extra information is printed when an incident occurs during reading Type: Boolean Default: false

Returns

true if reading was successful and the resulting mesh is valid, false otherwise.

See also

Overloads of this function for specific models of the concept FaceGraph.

read_PLY() [2/2]

template<typename Graph , typename NamedParameters = CGAL::parameters::Default_named_parameters>

bool CGAL::IO::read_PLY	(	std::istream &	is,
		Graph &	g,
		const NamedParameters &	np = parameters::default_values()
	)

#include <CGAL/boost/graph/IO/PLY.h>

reads the graph g from the input stream, using the Polygon File Format (PLY).

The data is expected to represent a 2-manifold (possibly with borders).

Attention

To read a binary file, the flag std::ios::binary must be set during the creation of the ifstream.

Template Parameters

Graph	a model of MutableFaceGraph
NamedParameters	a sequence of Named Parameters

Parameters

is	the input stream
g	the graph to be built from the input data
np	optional Named Parameters described below

Optional Named Parameters

vertex_point_map a property map associating points to the vertices of g Type: a class model of WritablePropertyMap with boost::graph_traits<Graph>::vertex_descriptor as key type and Point_3 as value type Default: boost::get(CGAL::vertex_point, g) Extra: If this parameter is omitted, an internal property map for CGAL::vertex_point_t must be available in Graph.
vertex_index_map a property map associating to each vertex of graph a unique index Type: a class model of WritablePropertyMap with boost::graph_traits<Graph>::vertex_descriptor as key type and std::size_t as value type Default: vertex indices that may exist in the input will be ignored
vertex_color_map a property map associating colors to the vertices of g Type: a class model of WritablePropertyMap with boost::graph_traits<Graph>::vertex_descriptor as key type and CGAL::IO::Color as value type Default: vertex colors that may exist in the input will be ignored
face_color_map a property map associating colors to the faces of g Type: a class model of WritablePropertyMap with boost::graph_traits<Graph>::face_descriptor as key type and CGAL::IO::Color as value type Default: face colors that may exist in the input will be ignored
verbose whether extra information is printed when an incident occurs during reading Type: Boolean Default: false

Returns

true if reading was successful and the resulting mesh is valid, false otherwise.

See also

Overloads of this function for specific models of the concept FaceGraph.

write_PLY() [1/2]

template<typename Graph , typename NamedParameters = CGAL::parameters::Default_named_parameters>

bool CGAL::IO::write_PLY	(	const std::string &	fname,
		const Graph &	g,
		const std::string &	comments,
		const NamedParameters &	np = parameters::default_values()
	)

#include <CGAL/boost/graph/IO/PLY.h>

writes the graph in the output file fname, using the Polygon File Format (PLY).

Template Parameters

Graph	a model of FaceListGraph
NamedParameters	a sequence of Named Parameters

Parameters

fname	the name of the output file
g	the graph to be written
comments	a string included line by line in the header of the PLY stream (each line will be precedeed by "comment ")
np	optional Named Parameters described below

Optional Named Parameters

use_binary_mode indicates whether data should be written in binary (true) or in ASCII (false) Type: Boolean Default: true
vertex_point_map a property map associating points to the vertices of g Type: a class model of ReadablePropertyMap with boost::graph_traits<Graph>::vertex_descriptor as key type and Point_3 as value type Default: boost::get(CGAL::vertex_point, g) Extra: If this parameter is omitted, an internal property map for CGAL::vertex_point_t must be available in Graph.
vertex_index_map a property map associating to each vertex of graph a unique index between 0 and num_vertices(graph) - 1 Type: a class model of ReadablePropertyMap with boost::graph_traits<Graph>::vertex_descriptor as key type and std::size_t as value type Default: no vertex indices in the output
vertex_color_map a property map associating colors to the vertices of g Type: a class model of ReadablePropertyMap with boost::graph_traits<Graph>::vertex_descriptor as key type and CGAL::IO::Color as value type Default: no vertex color in the output
face_color_map a property map associating colors to the faces of g Type: a class model of ReadablePropertyMap with boost::graph_traits<Graph>::face_descriptor as key type and CGAL::IO::Color as value type Default: no face color in the output
stream_precision a parameter used to set the precision (i.e. how many digits are generated) of the output stream Type: int Default: 6 Extra: This parameter is only meaningful while using ASCII encoding.

Returns

true if writing was successful, false otherwise.

write_PLY() [2/2]

template<typename Graph , typename NamedParameters = CGAL::parameters::Default_named_parameters>

bool CGAL::IO::write_PLY	(	std::ostream &	os,
		const Graph &	g,
		const std::string &	comments,
		const NamedParameters &	np = parameters::default_values()
	)

#include <CGAL/boost/graph/IO/PLY.h>

writes the graph in an output stream, using the Polygon File Format (PLY).

Attention

To write to a binary file, the flag std::ios::binary must be set during the creation of the ofstream, and the IO::Mode of the stream must be set to BINARY.

Template Parameters

Graph	a model of FaceListGraph
NamedParameters	a sequence of Named Parameters

Parameters

os	the output stream
g	the graph to be written
comments	a string included line by line in the header of the PLY stream (each line will be precedeed by "comment ")
np	optional Named Parameters described below

Optional Named Parameters

vertex_point_map a property map associating points to the vertices of g Type: a class model of ReadablePropertyMap with boost::graph_traits<Graph>::vertex_descriptor as key type and Point_3 as value type Default: boost::get(CGAL::vertex_point, g) Extra: If this parameter is omitted, an internal property map for CGAL::vertex_point_t must be available in Graph.
vertex_index_map a property map associating to each vertex of graph a unique index Type: a class model of WritablePropertyMap with boost::graph_traits<Graph>::vertex_descriptor as key type and std::size_t as value type Default: vertex indices that may exist in the input will be ignored
vertex_color_map a property map associating colors to the vertices of g Type: a class model of WritablePropertyMap with boost::graph_traits<Graph>::vertex_descriptor as key type and CGAL::IO::Color as value type Default: vertex colors that may exist in the input will be ignored
face_color_map a property map associating colors to the faces of g Type: a class model of WritablePropertyMap with boost::graph_traits<Graph>::face_descriptor as key type and CGAL::IO::Color as value type Default: face colors that may exist in the input will be ignored
stream_precision a parameter used to set the precision (i.e. how many digits are generated) of the output stream Type: int Default: the precision of the stream os Extra: This parameter is only meaningful while using ASCII encoding.

Returns

true if writing was successful, false otherwise.