| Extension | PLY |
| Full Name | Stanford Triangle Format |
| Type | 3D Model/Point Cloud |
| Mime Type | application/octet-stream |
| Format | Text & Binary |
| Tools | PLY Converters, 3D Model Voxelizer, Create PLY Animation, Compress PLY, Text to PLY, PLY Viewer |
| Open With | Blender, MeshLab |
The PLY format is a 3D model format originally developed and released in 1994, with its primary use being to store three-dimensional data from 3D digital scanners. The format known as the Polygon File Format or the Stanford Triangle Format can be either a binary or text-based format.
The file format stores 3D geometric information such as vertices, faces, vertex normals, color, and other custom data. The format is still in use, with many PLY models available to download, and PLY files can be loaded into most popular 3D applications, such as Blender.
Here we have some example PLY files for you to download and use in your own projects.
Cube
The classic cube example is stored as a PLY file. Within the PLY file, this cube is stored as a sequence of 12 triangles.
Sphere
A straight-forward Sphere stored within a PLY file. The Sphere originated as a STEP file that was converted to the PLY format by our STEP to PLY tool.
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