Converting .PLY Frames to Animated Point Cloud .bin

Jump to bottom

mika edited this page May 27, 2023 · 9 revisions

Convert whole folder of .ply files (which are recorded point cloud frames) into animated .bin file

Experimental tool is available here:
*New version 03/12/2019
https://www.dropbox.com/s/hg3bye9qjodgap3/uPointCloudTools14.zip?dl=0

Supported Formats

PLY (ASCII)
PCAP (only for velodyne old VLP-32C format, not the latest one)

Viewing generated .bin file

Copy your.bin file to unity project, for example Assets/StreamingAssets/your.bin
Open example scene: Assets/PointCloudTools/Demos/PointCloudViewer/Sample-AnimatedPointCloudPlayer.unity
Select "@Brekelplayer" gameobject from scene:
- Set your file path into FileName - field, for example "StreamingAssets/your.bin"
- Disable "[ ] use large file streaming"
Hit play to test

*Viewer version v2.50 and later, you can try disabling [ ] padding here, and enabling [x] Limited Memory. (to have smaller output file)