cars_mesh.tools.mesh_io
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.. py:module:: cars_mesh.tools.mesh_io

.. autoapi-nested-parse::

   Tools to manipulate meshes



Functions
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.. autoapisummary::

   cars_mesh.tools.mesh_io.write_triangle_mesh_o3d
   cars_mesh.tools.mesh_io.serialize_ply_texture
   cars_mesh.tools.mesh_io.mesh2ply
   cars_mesh.tools.mesh_io.ply2mesh
   cars_mesh.tools.mesh_io.deserialize_mesh
   cars_mesh.tools.mesh_io.serialize_mesh


Module Contents
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.. py:function:: write_triangle_mesh_o3d(filepath: str, mesh: Union[dict, cars_mesh.tools.handlers.Mesh], compressed: bool = True)

   Write triangle mesh to disk with open3d


.. py:function:: serialize_ply_texture(filepath: str, mesh: cars_mesh.tools.handlers.Mesh) -> None

   Serialize a textured mesh as a PLY file

   :param filepath: Filepath to the texture image
   :type filepath: str
   :param mesh: Mesh object
   :type mesh: Mesh


.. py:function:: mesh2ply(filepath: str, mesh: cars_mesh.tools.handlers.Mesh, compressed: bool = True)

   Mesh object to PLY mesh


.. py:function:: ply2mesh(filepath: str) -> (pandas.DataFrame, pandas.DataFrame)

   PLY mesh to Mesh object


.. py:function:: deserialize_mesh(filepath: str) -> (pandas.DataFrame, pandas.DataFrame)

   Deserialize a mesh


.. py:function:: serialize_mesh(filepath: str, mesh: cars_mesh.tools.handlers.Mesh, extension: str = 'ply') -> None

   Serialize a mesh to disk in the format asked by the user