diff --git a/examples/plot.py b/examples/plot.py
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-'''
-Example script illustrating plotting of PLY data using Mayavi.  Mayavi
-is not a dependency of plyfile, but you will need to install it in order
-to run this script.  Failing to do so will immediately result in
-ImportError.
-
-'''
-
-from argparse import ArgumentParser
-
-import numpy
-from mayavi import mlab
-
-from plyfile import PlyData
-
-
-def main():
-    parser = ArgumentParser()
-    parser.add_argument('ply_filename')
-
-    args = parser.parse_args()
-
-    mlab.figure(bgcolor=(0, 0, 0))
-    plot(PlyData.read(args.ply_filename))
-    mlab.show()
-
-
-def plot(ply):
-    '''
-    Plot vertices and triangles from a PlyData instance. Assumptions:
-        `ply' has a 'vertex' element with 'x', 'y', and 'z'
-            properties;
-
-        `ply' has a 'face' element with an integral list property
-            'vertex_indices', all of whose elements have length 3.
-
-    '''
-    vertex = ply['vertex']
-
-    (x, y, z) = (vertex[t] for t in ('x', 'y', 'z'))
-
-    mlab.points3d(x, y, z, color=(1, 1, 1), mode='point')
-
-    if 'face' in ply:
-        tri_idx = ply['face']['vertex_indices']
-        triangles = numpy.vstack(tri_idx)
-        mlab.triangular_mesh(x, y, z, triangles,
-                             color=(1, 0, 0.4), opacity=0.5)
-
-
-main()