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Thanks. I can try this.
No tool for debugging PLY files?
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I write my own PLY files from my own code without using Blender or Sketchup or such software. I cannot easily figure out if there is something wrong in the PLY file my code has written. Is there no online tool which tells you what is wrong in the PLY file?
I could convert it to STL but on printing it, it had filled up the solid which was concave like a bowl. There is a need for software which can read PLY (or OBJ or other) files and tell the user where exactly the trouble is.
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Try using Meshlab. It's a great tool and should find any problems with your mesh in PLY format. It supports almost every format out there, except for native software file types, like .ma, .max, etc. It supports PLY files by default natively, as the software was written specifically to convert PLY files and work on the geometry in that format.
I don't know if the forum will allow me to post a direct link, but here's the website where you can download MeshLab. Again, it's great for PLY files and will allow you to edit the mesh directly. If there's a problem with your code, it should give you a message when you try loading it. www.meshlab.net
If your file is ASCII format PLY, then Meshlab should still open the object and allow you to resave as Binary. There used to be a very old software called PLY tools too, which supposedly helped format PLY code, but I don't' know if it still works on a modern OS, or where to find it now.
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