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It looks like it should take either, but I haven't tried it.<br>
- Amy<br><br>
PS I'm putting this discussion back on the VTK users list.
Please try to keep it there so that other people can help answer your
questions and so the whole discussion is preserved in the list
archives.<br><br>
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At 09:42 PM 9/14/2005, M.Salman wrote:<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""><font size=2>Thanks for prompt
reply.Does vtkPLYReader work with the PLY file in binary format or ASCI
format.<br>
Regards,<br>
M.Salman<br><br>
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-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Amy Squillacote
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mailto:amy.squillacote@kitware.com</a>]<br>
Sent: Wed 9/14/2005 8:37 PM<br>
To: Salman M Mr (PG/R - Electronic Eng); vtkusers<br>
Subject: Re: [vtkusers] (no subject)<br><br>
There is a vtkPLYReader class in VTK, so you should be able to read<br>
the file in the format it is already in.<br>
- Amy<br><br>
At 03:15 PM 9/14/2005, M.Salman wrote:<br>
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>Hi All,<br>
>I want to load the classical bunny model in .PLY format and<br>
>calculate the normals over points and surfaces.Do I need to
convert<br>
>PLY format into some VTK format to process it further or is it<br>
>possible to process PLY model directly in VTK using C++ ?<br>
><br>
><br>
>M.Salman<br>
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