pointcloud_to_ply
- Software
- Perception
- Tool
A ROS 2 package that subscribes to a point cloud sensor topic and saves the incoming clouds to disk as .ply or .obj files.
Source on GitHub: github.com/li9i/pointcloud-to-ply (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit 72bec3e (opens in a new tab).
Licenses
- Code
- BSD-3-Clause (opens in a new tab)
Read by Robotheca from LICENSE (opens in a new tab) (BSD-3-Clause) at commit 72bec3e (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.
- Commercial use
- Yes
What it does
- Subscribes to the topic where a point cloud sensor publishes its messages.
- Stores captured point clouds on disk in .ply or .obj format.
- Sensor topic, save location and other settings are configured in a launch file.
- Started with a ROS 2 launch command using the package's launch file.
Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit 72bec3e.
Getting started
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- How to start
- The project's README (opens in a new tab)
Maintenance
- Status
- Maintained: a commit in the last 12 months
- Newest commit
- 6 Jun 2026 on humble-devel
- Latest release
- None published on GitHub
Checked on GitHub on 16 Oct 2026.
Links
Robots that can run it
No robot on Robotheca is linked to it yet. Links come from a robot's robot.yaml, from its dependency files read as text, or from Robotheca's editors.
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