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[Andreas Fabri <>]

What about reading the manual?
www.cgal.org/Pkg/Installation

andreas


On 27/02/2012 14:37, Sweety Pie wrote:
> Thanks again for this. I need to use CGAL with Microsoft Visual Studio
> 2010-> any idea how?? thanks again
>
> On 27 February 2012 16:19, Sebastien Loriot (GeometryFactory)
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>     On 02/27/2012 01:34 PM, Sweety Pie wrote:
>
>         Thank you very much fr the reply. If you don't have something
>         that reads
>         .ply files then what file format does CGAL read in terms of
>         point cloud
>         files??
>         Thank again and waiting for your reply
>
>     CGAL is not a end-user software that accepts a certain type of files,
>     it's a library that has an API. For the case of the surface
>     reconstruction  package you need to provide points and normals as
>     documented here:
>
>     
> http://www.cgal.org/Manual/__latest/doc_html/cgal_manual/__Surface_reconstruction_points___3_ref/Class_Poisson___reconstruction_function.html
>     
> <http://www.cgal.org/Manual/latest/doc_html/cgal_manual/Surface_reconstruction_points_3_ref/Class_Poisson_reconstruction_function.html>
>
>     The way you read points and normal from file is independent from the
>     algorithm (and simple to write for a file of point and normal whatever
>     file format you use).
>
>     Now if you want to try the demo, you can provide off files
>     or xyz file
>     (
>     which simply contains points if you don't know normals
>     x0 y0 z0
>     x1 y1 z1
>     ...
>     xn yn zn)
>
>     or a pwn file
>     (which simply contains points and normals
>     x0 y0 z0 nx0 ny1 nz1
>     ...
>     )
>
>
>     Sebastien.
>
>
>         On 27 February 2012 09:47, Sebastien Loriot (GeometryFactory)
>         
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>  
> <mailto:>
>         
> <mailto:
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>  wrote:
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>             On 02/25/2012 08:49 PM, Sweety Pie wrote:
>
>                 Hi,
>                 Am new to CGAL Library and the documentation is very big and
>                 difficult
>                 to follow. I wanted to ask if someone can guide me how
>         to read
>                 .ply file
>                 since I want to use CGAL to convert point cloud to mesh
>                 triangles. Any
>                 help or guide will be appreciated. Am using Microsoft visual
>                 studio 2010
>                 with win x64 bit OS.
>                 Thank you
>                 Candy
>
>
>             You might be interested by this package:
>
>         
> http://www.cgal.org/Manual/____latest/doc_html/cgal_manual/____Surface_reconstruction_points_____3/Chapter_main.html
>         
> <http://www.cgal.org/Manual/__latest/doc_html/cgal_manual/__Surface_reconstruction_points___3/Chapter_main.html>
>
>         
> <http://www.cgal.org/Manual/__latest/doc_html/cgal_manual/__Surface_reconstruction_points___3/Chapter_main.html
>         
> <http://www.cgal.org/Manual/latest/doc_html/cgal_manual/Surface_reconstruction_points_3/Chapter_main.html>>
>
>             For the  ply file format I don't think we have something to
>         read them.
>
>             Sebastien.
>
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