Use this loader1 to load 3D triangular surface files with the .ply extension. This format is often used to store surfaces generated from tessellation of 3D range measurement data. Files may be either ASCII or binary, but must contain both vertex and face elements (sections). This loader is included in your Tecplot 360 EX installation.
1. Copyright for Third Party Library. This loader utilizes a modified version of a library written by Greg Turk while at Stanford University. The copyright for this library is: Copyright © 1994 The Board of Trustees of The Leland Stanford Junior University. All rights reserved. Permission to use, copy, modify and distribute this software and its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies of this software and that you do not sell the software. The software is provided "as is" and without warranty of any kind, express, implied or otherwise, including without limitation, any warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.