Hi, +1 from me. I would also need such features asap. But I would go a little bit further than just colored vertices. It would be great to introduce pointclouds as a new object type.
Maybe later on blender can make also use of libpcl for modifiers on pointclouds. aurel On 15 December 2011 11:57, François T. <[email protected]> wrote: > I asked for the same request for any kind of object (especially empties). > The answer I had from Campbell was : "super easy to do, nobody has time to > do it" :) > > that was a year ago, and I doubt the status changed :p > > > > 2011/12/15 Jace Priester <[email protected]> > >> Hi everyone, >> >> I'd like to request a feature added (or fixed?), which is colored point >> clouds. As-is, if I import a point cloud via PLY or some other format with >> vertex colors specified, they simply show as black. This is because vertex >> colors are only supported for faces. I had a hacked together script that >> takes a PLY and converts vertices to small tetrahedrons, and then vertex >> colors display properly. This is terrible for file size, memory, and speed >> reasons, plus the tetrahedrons don't display as "nicely" as pure verts do. >> >> So basically, I'd like Blender fixed or otherwise modified so that vertex >> colors display for verts not connected to faces. It would save me a fair >> amount of time and headache if this were patched sooner rather than later, >> and I know everyone is busy, so if someone could make the modification (and >> maybe make me a Windows build??) I'd be willing to pay for this. I'd be >> happy to assist in any way I can. I've done plenty of software development >> but never on Blender, and I'm occupied with other stuff at the moment. >> >> Here are some test files for anyone that wants to check out the current >> state: >> http://www.threespaceimaging.com/dl/shoe_part_verts_only.ply (5MB) >> http://www.threespaceimaging.com/dl/shoe_part_tetrahedrons.ply (27MB) >> >> When importing tetrahedrons, add a material to the object and check >> Shadeless as well as Vertex Color Paint. You should see whites, grays, and >> pink sections. You can do the same with the verts-only version and confirm >> that it does not work as expected. >> >> Thanks everyone - feel free to contact with any questions. >> >> -- >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Jace Priester >> [email protected] >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> _______________________________________________ >> Bf-committers mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers >> > > > > -- > ____________________ > François Tarlier > www.francois-tarlier.com > www.linkedin.com/in/francoistarlier > _______________________________________________ > Bf-committers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers _______________________________________________ Bf-committers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers
