I/O (PLY Format)

Read and write points (with or without additional properties) in PLY format.

Classes
struct	CGAL::IO::PLY_property< T >
	Class used to identify a PLY property as a type and a name. More...

Functions
template<typename PointMap >
std::tuple< PointMap, typename Kernel_traits< typename PointMap::value_type >::Kernel::Construct_point_3, PLY_property< FT >, PLY_property< FT >, PLY_property< FT > >	CGAL::IO::make_ply_point_reader (PointMap point_map)
	Generates a PLY property handler to read 3D points.
template<typename VectorMap >
std::tuple< VectorMap, typename Kernel_traits< typename VectorMap::value_type >::Kernel::Construct_vector_3, PLY_property< FT >, PLY_property< FT >, PLY_property< FT > >	CGAL::IO::make_ply_normal_reader (VectorMap normal_map)
	Generates a PLY property handler to read 3D normal vectors.
template<typename OutputIteratorValueType , typename PointOutputIterator , typename ... PropertyHandler>
bool	CGAL::IO::read_PLY_with_properties (std::istream &is, PointOutputIterator output, PropertyHandler &&... properties)
	reads user-selected points properties from a .ply stream (ASCII or binary).
template<typename OutputIteratorValueType , typename PointOutputIterator , typename NamedParameters = CGAL::parameters::Default_named_parameters>
bool	CGAL::IO::read_PLY (std::istream &is, PointOutputIterator output, const NamedParameters &np=parameters::default_values())
	reads points (positions + normals, if available), using the Polygon File Format (PLY).
template<typename OutputIteratorValueType , typename PointOutputIterator , typename NamedParameters = CGAL::parameters::Default_named_parameters>
bool	CGAL::IO::read_PLY (const std::string &fname, PointOutputIterator output, const NamedParameters &np=parameters::default_values())
	reads points (positions + normals, if available), using the Polygon File Format (PLY).
template<typename PointMap >
std::tuple< PointMap, PLY_property< FT >, PLY_property< FT >, PLY_property< FT > >	CGAL::IO::make_ply_point_writer (PointMap point_map)
	Generates a PLY property handler to write 3D points.
template<typename VectorMap >
std::tuple< VectorMap, PLY_property< FT >, PLY_property< FT >, PLY_property< FT > >	CGAL::IO::make_ply_normal_writer (VectorMap normal_map)
	Generates a PLY property handler to write 3D normal vectors.
template<typename PointRange , typename ... PropertyHandler>
bool	CGAL::IO::write_PLY_with_properties (std::ostream &os, const PointRange &points, PropertyHandler &&... properties)
	writes the range of points with properties using Polygon File Format (PLY).
template<typename PointRange , typename NamedParameters = CGAL::parameters::Default_named_parameters>
bool	CGAL::IO::write_PLY (std::ostream &os, const PointRange &points, const NamedParameters &np=parameters::default_values())
	writes the range of points (positions + normals, if available) using Polygon File Format (PLY).
template<typename PointRange , typename NamedParameters = CGAL::parameters::Default_named_parameters>
bool	CGAL::IO::write_PLY (const std::string &filename, const PointRange &points, const NamedParameters &np=parameters::default_values())
	writes the range of points (positions + normals, if available) using Polygon File Format (PLY).

Function Documentation

make_ply_normal_reader()

template<typename VectorMap >

std::tuple< VectorMap, typename Kernel_traits< typename VectorMap::value_type >::Kernel::Construct_vector_3, PLY_property< FT >, PLY_property< FT >, PLY_property< FT > > CGAL::IO::make_ply_normal_reader

(

VectorMap

normal_map

)

#include <CGAL/IO/read_ply_points.h>

Generates a PLY property handler to read 3D normal vectors.

Vectors are constructed from the input using 3 PLY properties of type FT and named nx, ny and nz. FT is float if the points use CGAL::Simple_cartesian<float> and double otherwise.

Template Parameters

VectorMap

the property map used to store vectors.

See also

read_PLY_with_properties()

Polygon File Format (PLY)

Examples

Point_set_processing_3/read_ply_points_with_colors_example.cpp.

make_ply_normal_writer()

template<typename VectorMap >

std::tuple< VectorMap, PLY_property< FT >, PLY_property< FT >, PLY_property< FT > > CGAL::IO::make_ply_normal_writer

(

VectorMap

normal_map

)

#include <CGAL/IO/write_ply_points.h>

Generates a PLY property handler to write 3D normal vectors.

Vectors are written as 3 PLY properties of type FT and named nx, ny and nz. FT is float if the vectors use CGAL::Simple_cartesian<float> and double otherwise.

Template Parameters

VectorMap

the property map used to store vectors.

See also

write_PLY_with_properties()

Polygon File Format (PLY)

make_ply_point_reader()

template<typename PointMap >

std::tuple< PointMap, typename Kernel_traits< typename PointMap::value_type >::Kernel::Construct_point_3, PLY_property< FT >, PLY_property< FT >, PLY_property< FT > > CGAL::IO::make_ply_point_reader

(

PointMap

point_map

)

#include <CGAL/IO/read_ply_points.h>

Generates a PLY property handler to read 3D points.

Points are constructed from the input using 3 PLY properties of type FT and named x, y and z. FT is float if the points use CGAL::Simple_cartesian<float> and double otherwise.

Template Parameters

PointMap

the property map used to store points.

See also

read_PLY_with_properties()

Polygon File Format (PLY)

make_ply_point_writer()

template<typename PointMap >

std::tuple< PointMap, PLY_property< FT >, PLY_property< FT >, PLY_property< FT > > CGAL::IO::make_ply_point_writer

(

PointMap

point_map

)

#include <CGAL/IO/write_ply_points.h>

Generates a PLY property handler to write 3D points.

Points are written as 3 PLY properties of type FT and named x, y and z. FT is float if the points use CGAL::Simple_cartesian<float> and double otherwise.

Template Parameters

PointMap

the property map used to store points.

See also

write_PLY_with_properties()

Polygon File Format (PLY)

read_PLY() [1/2]

template<typename OutputIteratorValueType , typename PointOutputIterator , typename NamedParameters = CGAL::parameters::Default_named_parameters>

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

#include <CGAL/IO/read_ply_points.h>

reads points (positions + normals, if available), using the Polygon File Format (PLY).

Potential additional point properties and faces are ignored.

Template Parameters

OutputIteratorValueType	type of objects that can be put in PointOutputIterator. It must be a model of DefaultConstructible and defaults to value_type_traits<PointOutputIterator>::type. It can be omitted when the default is fine.
PointOutputIterator	iterator over output points.
NamedParameters	a sequence of Named Parameters

Parameters

fname	input file name.
output	output iterator over points.
np	optional sequence of Named Parameters among the ones listed below.

Optional Named Parameters

use_binary_mode indicates whether data should be read in binary (true) or in ASCII (false) Type: Boolean Default: true
point_map a property map associating points to the elements of the point range Type: a model of WritablePropertyMap with value type geom_traits::Point_3 Default: CGAL::Identity_property_map<geom_traits::Point_3>
normal_map a property map associating normals to the elements of the point range Type: a model of WritablePropertyMap with value type geom_traits::Vector_3 Default: If this parameter is omitted, normals in the input stream are ignored.
geom_traits an instance of a geometric traits class Type: a model of Kernel Default: a CGAL Kernel deduced from the point type, using CGAL::Kernel_traits

Returns

true if reading was successful, false otherwise.

See also

Polygon File Format (PLY)

read_PLY_with_properties()

read_PLY() [2/2]

template<typename OutputIteratorValueType , typename PointOutputIterator , typename NamedParameters = CGAL::parameters::Default_named_parameters>

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

#include <CGAL/IO/read_ply_points.h>

reads points (positions + normals, if available), using the Polygon File Format (PLY).

Potential additional point properties and faces are ignored.

Attention

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

Template Parameters

OutputIteratorValueType	type of objects that can be put in PointOutputIterator. It must be a model of DefaultConstructible and defaults to value_type_traits<PointOutputIterator>::type. It can be omitted when the default is fine.
PointOutputIterator	iterator over output points.
NamedParameters	a sequence of Named Parameters

Parameters

is	input stream.
output	output iterator over points.
np	an optional sequence of Named Parameters among the ones listed below

Optional Named Parameters

point_map a property map associating points to the elements of the point range Type: a model of WritablePropertyMap with value type geom_traits::Point_3 Default: CGAL::Identity_property_map<geom_traits::Point_3>
normal_map a property map associating normals to the elements of the point range Type: a model of WritablePropertyMap with value type geom_traits::Vector_3 Default: If this parameter is omitted, normals in the input stream are ignored.
geom_traits an instance of a geometric traits class Type: a model of Kernel Default: a CGAL Kernel deduced from the point type, using CGAL::Kernel_traits

Returns

true if reading was successful, false otherwise.

See also

read_PLY_with_properties()

read_PLY_with_properties()

template<typename OutputIteratorValueType , typename PointOutputIterator , typename ... PropertyHandler>

bool CGAL::IO::read_PLY_with_properties	(	std::istream &	is,
		PointOutputIterator	output,
		PropertyHandler &&...	properties
	)

#include <CGAL/IO/read_ply_points.h>

reads user-selected points properties from a .ply stream (ASCII or binary).

Potential additional point properties and faces are ignored.

Properties are handled through a variadic list of property handlers. A PropertyHandler can either be:

• A std::pair<PropertyMap, PLY_property<T> > if the user wants to read a PLY property as a scalar value T (for example, storing an int PLY property into an int variable).
• A std::tuple<PropertyMap, Constructor, PLY_property<T>...> if the user wants to use one or several PLY properties to construct a complex object (for example, storing 3 uchar PLY properties into a Color object that can for example be a std::array<unsigned char, 3>). In that case, the second element of the tuple should be a functor that constructs the value type of PropertyMap from N objects of types T.

Attention

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

Template Parameters

OutputIteratorValueType	type of objects that can be put in PointOutputIterator. It must be a model of DefaultConstructible and defaults to value_type_traits<PointOutputIterator>::type. It can be omitted when the default is fine.
PointOutputIterator	iterator over output points.
PropertyHandler	handlers to recover properties.

Returns

true if reading was successful, false otherwise.

See also

Polygon File Format (PLY)

make_ply_point_reader()

make_ply_normal_reader()

Examples

Point_set_processing_3/read_ply_points_with_colors_example.cpp.

write_PLY() [1/2]

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

bool CGAL::IO::write_PLY	(	const std::string &	filename,
		const PointRange &	points,
		const NamedParameters &	np = parameters::default_values()
	)

#include <CGAL/IO/write_ply_points.h>

writes the range of points (positions + normals, if available) using Polygon File Format (PLY).

Template Parameters

PointRange	is a model of ConstRange. The value type of its iterator is the key type of the named parameter point_map.
NamedParameters	a sequence of Named Parameters

Parameters

filename	the path to the output file
points	input point range
np	an optional sequence of Named Parameters among the ones listed below

Optional Named Parameters

use_binary_mode indicates whether data should be written in binary (true) or in ASCII (false) Type: Boolean Default: true
point_map a property map associating points to the elements of the point range Type: a model of ReadablePropertyMap with value type geom_traits::Point_3 Default: CGAL::Identity_property_map<geom_traits::Point_3>
normal_map a property map associating normals to the elements of the point range Type: a model of ReadablePropertyMap with value type geom_traits::Vector_3 Default: If this parameter is omitted, normals are not written in the output file.
geom_traits an instance of a geometric traits class Type: a model of Kernel Default: a CGAL Kernel deduced from the point type, using CGAL::Kernel_traits
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.

See also

write_PLY_with_properties()

write_PLY() [2/2]

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

bool CGAL::IO::write_PLY	(	std::ostream &	os,
		const PointRange &	points,
		const NamedParameters &	np = parameters::default_values()
	)

#include <CGAL/IO/write_ply_points.h>

writes the range of points (positions + normals, if available) using 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

PointRange	is a model of ConstRange. The value type of its iterator is the key type of the named parameter point_map.
NamedParameters	a sequence of Named Parameters

Parameters

os	output stream
points	input point range
np	an optional sequence of Named Parameters among the ones listed below

Optional Named Parameters

point_map a property map associating points to the elements of the point range Type: a model of ReadablePropertyMap with value type geom_traits::Point_3 Default: CGAL::Identity_property_map<geom_traits::Point_3>
normal_map a property map associating normals to the elements of the point range Type: a model of ReadablePropertyMap with value type geom_traits::Vector_3 Default: If this parameter is omitted, normals are not written in the output stream.
geom_traits an instance of a geometric traits class Type: a model of Kernel Default: a CGAL Kernel deduced from the point type, using CGAL::Kernel_traits
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.

See also

write_PLY_with_properties()

write_PLY_with_properties()

template<typename PointRange , typename ... PropertyHandler>

bool CGAL::IO::write_PLY_with_properties	(	std::ostream &	os,
		const PointRange &	points,
		PropertyHandler &&...	properties
	)

#include <CGAL/IO/write_ply_points.h>

writes the range of points with properties using Polygon File Format (PLY).

Properties are handled through a variadic list of property handlers. A PropertyHandler can either be:

• A std::pair<PropertyMap, PLY_property<T> > if the user wants to write a scalar value T as a PLY property (for example, writing an int variable as an int PLY property).
• A std::tuple<PropertyMap, PLY_property<T>...> if the user wants to write a complex object as several PLY properties. In that case, a specialization of Output_rep must be provided for PropertyMap::value_type that handles both ASCII and binary output (see CGAL::IO::get_mode()).

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

PointRange	is a model of ConstRange. The value type of its iterator is the key type of the PropertyMap objects provided within the PropertyHandler parameter.
PropertyHandler	handlers to recover properties.

Returns

true if writing was successful, false otherwise.

See also

Polygon File Format (PLY)

make_ply_point_writer()

make_ply_normal_writer()

Parameters

os	output stream.
points	input point range.
properties	parameter pack of property handlers

Examples

Point_set_processing_3/write_ply_points_example.cpp.