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This page describes the ply2vrmesh command-line utility.

Overview

The ply2vrmesh command-line utility can convert .ply, .obj, .bin, .geo, .bgeo, .hclassic, .bhclassic, .abc, and .vrscene files to .vrmesh files for rendering with V-Ray through V-Ray Proxy Objects.

V-Ray for SketchUp > OBJ GEO PLY to .vrmesh converter > ply2vrmesh_mayaCP.png

Installation

Windows	C:\Program Files\Chaos Group\V-Ray\V-Ray for SketchUp\extension\vrayappsdk\bin
macOS	/Applications/ChaosGroup/V-Ray/V-Ray\ for\ SketchUp/extension/vrayappsdk/bin

Notes

The converter works with most of the popular .ply formats, both ASCII and binary, big-endian, or little-endian.
In addition to the geometric data (faces and vertices), the converter recognizes some of the most common additional channels such as diffuse surface color. Vertex colors are recognized if they are specified as "red", "green", and "blue" or "diffuse_red", "diffuse_green", and "diffuse_blue" vertex properties.