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PLY (Stanford Polygon Format)

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.ply · application/x-ply

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Example PLY export (central Moscow, 1x0.5 km) — Example: central Moscow, ~1×0.5 km, medium detail

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🔬MeshLab 💻CloudCompare 🎲Blender 💻ParaView 💻Open3D 💻MATLAB

Format specifications

Open standard
3D coordinates supported
Lossless (no quality loss)
Stores feature attributes
Output: 1 file
Stanford PLY (Polygon File Format). Vertex/face mesh with optional per-vertex colour. Opens in MeshLab, CloudCompare, Blender.

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