Okay, how to convert a .ply to a .obj (in Windows)

Go to;

http://www.cyberware.com/products/software/plyview.html and download "Plyview for Windows"

That will do it for you, its fairly straightforward, in a Windows 95 kind of gui.

If you want to use it just as with a Command Line....

After installation, I went to my "Start>Programs>Accessories>Command Prompt".

At the Command prompt, I typed;
**cd C:Program Filesheadus (then hit Enter)
**
I placed the uncompressed .ply into that directory. (btw, I had unzipped the Dragon from its .gz file with Winrar)

Then, at the Command prompt I typed;
**ply2obj xyzrgb_dragon.ply xyzrgb_dragon.obj (then hit Enter)

**And, it converted the file, placing the obj into the same directory. The conversion will take a couple of minutes.

As you will see, these files are very large. The resulting .obj will be 285Mb!

Here is Cyberware's similar instructions, which will give you all the DOS commands you can also use when converting;
http://www.cyberware.com/products/software/plyview.html

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