Thanks to Emilia Petrisor, it’s now possible to visualize PLY files in Python interactively. Plotting PLY files in MATLAB is a common routine.
We used Emilia’s method to plot 56 PLY files uploaded by John Burkardt at University of Florida here.
Below are a few of our favorites. You can view the whole collection at https://plot.ly/~ply-files. Try forking them to edit, then adjusting the aspect ratio under Layout.
get your walkman on
BEETHOVEN’s not a smiler![Screen Shot 2016-05-10 at 12.25.08 AM](http://moderndata.plot.ly/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Screen-Shot-2016-05-10-at-12.25.08-AM.png)
things that crawl
things that swim
things that fly
plot your egret
guitar hero![Screen Shot 2016-05-10 at 12.31.15 AM](http://moderndata.plot.ly/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Screen-Shot-2016-05-10-at-12.31.15-AM.png)
motorcycle diaries![Screen Shot 2016-05-10 at 12.32.02 AM](http://moderndata.plot.ly/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Screen-Shot-2016-05-10-at-12.32.02-AM.png)
porsche ![Screen Shot 2016-05-10 at 12.33.48 AM](http://moderndata.plot.ly/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Screen-Shot-2016-05-10-at-12.33.48-AM.png)
skeletons!![Screen Shot 2016-05-10 at 12.34.09 AM](http://moderndata.plot.ly/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Screen-Shot-2016-05-10-at-12.34.09-AM.png)
devil wears prada![Screen Shot 2016-05-10 at 12.35.27 AM](http://moderndata.plot.ly/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Screen-Shot-2016-05-10-at-12.35.27-AM.png)
tea kettle![Screen Shot 2016-05-10 at 12.35.56 AM](http://moderndata.plot.ly/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Screen-Shot-2016-05-10-at-12.35.56-AM.png)
View the whole collection at https://plot.ly/~ply-files.