[Micha]

Now you have set the focus to the hunchback of the monster. Hmmm, most in photography the focus of animals or people is on the eyes. The hunchback of the monster catch the eye more than the face.

[Thomas An.]

Now you have set the focus to the hunchback of the monster. Hmmm, most in photography the focus of animals or people is on the eyes. The hunchback of the monster catch the eye more than the face.

I'll get it eventually ... give me some time to mature

[Thomas An.]

Also, I think he is a bit too shiny

[Thomas An.]

Did you wait a little ?
If the ply file contains a "heavy" (very dense) object then Rhino will take its time to display the mesh and even after you see it in the viewport it will pan and zoom slowly.

Also, I think there is an alternate PLY importer plugin writen by Matthew Woehlky (sp?) you may want to try. I will see if I can find it.

Which ply file are you trying ?


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[Thomas An.]

I downloaded the armadillo scan.tar and extracted the large group of PLY files to a seperate folder. Rhino omly lets you import one at a time there are about 10 for each part of the beast. How come its in so many pieces?

Do you have to put it together like a puzzle...

oh, I see.

There is a large download (30Mb) ... do not use that one. It comes in pieces (as you found out) and then you have to use the conf file coordinate data to reconstruct the mesh pieces... anyway do not use that one.

Use the Vripped reconstruction (this file is already put together):
ftp://graphics.stanford.edu/pub/3Dscanr ... llo.ply.gz

[Siegfried Kircheis]

Wow, the renderig looks cool , I like it !
Kids are gonna have a nightmare !

[Micha]

Also, I think he is a bit too shiny

Hmm, just you say it, - yes. It look like ceramic, but for massiv ceramic is the SSS effect to strong. The SSS effect let me feel, it is empty plastic body. Or not? It is diificult.

[Thomas An.]

hmm, I just used the small file and was done with it ... no need for headaches