The ply writer writes the polygon file format, a common file format for storing three dimensional models. The rply library is included with the PDAL source, so there are no external dependencies.
Use the storage_mode
option to choose the type of ply file to write.
You can choose from:
default
: write a binary ply file using your host’s byte ordering.
If you do not specify a storage_mode
, this is the default.ascii
: write an ascii file (warning: these can be HUGE).little endian
: write a binary ply file with little endian byte ordering.big endian
: write a binary ply file with big endian byte ordering.{
"pipeline":[
{
"type":"readers.pcd",
"filename":"inputfile.pcd"
},
{
"type":"writers.ply",
"storage_mode":"little endian",
"filename":"outputfile.ply"
}
]
}