PLY Object Does Not Show

ofmrew

I created a .ply file, which I tested with MeshLab, but does not display in Qt:

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
QGuiApplication a(argc, argv);
QUrl data = QUrl::fromLocalFile("/XXX/flyingwedge/flyingwedge.ply");
qDebug() << data.fileName();
Qt3DExtras::Qt3DWindow view;
Qt3DCore::QEntity *rootEntity = new Qt3DCore::QEntity;
Qt3DCore::QEntity *flyingwedge = new Qt3DCore::QEntity(rootEntity);
Qt3DRender::QMaterial *material = new Qt3DExtras::QMetalRoughMaterial(rootEntity);
Qt3DRender::QMesh *flyingwedgeMesh = new Qt3DRender::QMesh;
flyingwedgeMesh->setMeshName("FlyingWedge");
flyingwedgeMesh->setSource(data);
Qt3DCore::QTransform *flyingwedgeTransform = new Qt3DCore::QTransform;
flyingwedgeTransform->setScale3D(QVector3D(10.0, 10.0, 10.0));
Qt3DRender::QFrontFace *frontFace = new Qt3DRender::QFrontFace(rootEntity);
frontFace->setDirection(Qt3DRender::QFrontFace::CounterClockWise);
flyingwedge->addComponent(flyingwedgeMesh);
flyingwedge->addComponent(material);
flyingwedge->addComponent(flyingwedgeTransform);
Qt3DRender::QCamera *camera = view.camera();
camera->lens()->setPerspectiveProjection(45.0f, 16.0f/9.0f, 0.1f, 1000.0f);
camera->setPosition(QVector3D(0, 0, 40.0f));
camera->setViewCenter(QVector3D(0, 0, 0));
view.setRootEntity(rootEntity);
view.show();
return a.exec();
}
Another program that is identical to this program shows a torus mesh object fine. What am I missing?

SGaist

Hi,

You should add which version of Qt you are using and one which platform it is.

Might be a silly question but are you sure of the path of your .ply file ?

ofmrew

@SGaist Hello again.
Linux Mint, At least version 5.9. It seems to find the file when I debug and I get no error message. Is there a way to determine that the ply file was read?

The .ply file is:
ply
format ascii 1.0
element vertex 5
property float32 x
property float32 y
property float32 z
element face 5
property list uint8 int32 vertex_index
end_header
0 0 0
10 5 0
10 -5 0
9 4 2
9 -4 2
3 0 4 3
3 0 3 1
4 4 2 1 3
3 0 2 4
3 0 1 2

Anything else I can provide. I am at a loss at this point.

ofmrew

Update. I suspect that the problem in with the URL. I added:

QUrl data = QUrl::fromLocalFile("/home/XXX/flyingwedge/flyingwedge.ply");
qDebug() << data.isValid() << data.toLocalFile() << QFileInfo(data.toLocalFile()).exists() << data.fileName();

and got:

true "/home/XXX/flyingwedge/flyingwedge.ply" false "flyingwedge.ply"
QOpenGLContext::swapBuffers() called with non-exposed window, behavior is undefined

Which says the file does not exist. I guess that @SGaist was correct. Any pointer to the correct way to specify the path for the URL will be greatly appreciated.

ofmrew

I moved the file up one level and it works. Why I do not know, but I am no longer stymied; I can proceed.

SGaist

Glad you found a solution and thanks for sharing !

Happy coding

ofmrew

It is three years later and I returned to this project, but it no longer works. What has changed to make ply files no longer create the correct meshes. Is there an example of a program the works correctly when a ply mesh is imported? Thanks.

SGaist

Hi,

You should consider providing a minimal compilable example showing the issue.

ofmrew

This is similar to the one posted previously but shorter.

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    QGuiApplication a(argc, argv);
    Qt3DCore::QEntity *rootEntity = new Qt3DCore::QEntity;
    Qt3DExtras::QPhongMaterial *material = new Qt3DExtras::QPhongMaterial(rootEntity);
    QUrl data = QUrl::fromLocalFile("/home/bobwilliams/flyingwedge.ply");
    qDebug() << data.isValid() << data.toLocalFile() << QFileInfo(data.toLocalFile()).exists() << data.fileName();
    QFileInfo info("/home/bobwilliams/triangle.ply");
    qDebug() << info.exists();
    Qt3DCore::QEntity *triangleEntity = new Qt3DCore::QEntity(rootEntity);
    Qt3DRender::QMesh *triangleMesh = new Qt3DRender::QMesh;
    triangleMesh->setMeshName("Triangle");
    triangleMesh->setSource(data);
    triangleEntity->addComponent(triangleMesh);
    triangleEntity->addComponent(material);

    Qt3DExtras::Qt3DWindow view;
    Qt3DRender::QCamera *camera = view.camera();
    camera->lens()->setPerspectiveProjection(45.0f, 16.0f/9.0f, 0.1f, 1000.0f);
    camera->setPosition(QVector3D(0, 0, 40.0f));
    camera->setViewCenter(QVector3D(0, 0, 0));

    view.setRootEntity(rootEntity);
    view.show();
    return a.exec();
}

I get:
Starting /home/bobwilliams/build-untitled1-Desktop_Qt_5_8_0_GCC_64bit-Debug/untitled1...
true "/home/bobwilliams/flyingwedge.ply" true "flyingwedge.ply"
true
Qt3D.Core.Nodes: void Qt3DCore::QEntity::addComponent(Qt3DCore::QComponent*) Qt3DRender::QMesh(0x1516f10)
Qt3D.Core.Nodes: void Qt3DCore::QEntity::addComponent(Qt3DCore::QComponent*) Qt3DExtras::QPhongMaterial(0x1500000)
QOpenGLContext::swapBuffers() called with non-exposed window, behavior is undefined

Does that help. I just checked and I am on 5.8 but I cannot update to the latest 5.x version.

ofmrew

@ofmrew I have egg on my face. I if you look at the .ply file you will see that I violated the rule that the vertices be in the range [-1 -1 -1] to [1 1 1]. Made the change and it worked.

SGaist

Glad you found out and thanks for sharing !

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