SavePLY.py

'''This code is a part of the 3D Scanner project'''
'''Developed by team SAAS'''
'''Ekalavya 2017'''
'''IIT Bombay'''

def SavePLY(X,Y,Z): #function for saving the .ply file
	f=open("object.ply","w+") #a file is opened for writing
	s=[]
	for i in range(9):
		s.append("0")
	#the header of the ply file is defined
	s[0]="ply"
	s[1]="format ascii 1.0"
	s[2]="element vertex "+ str(len(X))
	s[3]="property float32 x"
	s[4]="property float32 y"
	s[5]="property float32 z"
	s[6]="element face 0"
	s[7]="property list uint8 int32 vertex_indices"
	s[8]="end_header"

	#the header for "object.ply" is written
	for i in range(len(s)):
		f.write(s[i]+"\n")

	#Creating a .ply file from the coordinates in the list X,Y,Z respectively	
	for i in range(len(X)):
		f.write(str(X[i])+" ")
		f.write(str(Y[i])+" ")
		f.write(str(Z[i])+"\n")
	f.close()