code: def _read_ply_fixed_size_element_ascii(
      f, definition: _PlyElementType
  ):
      """
      Given an element which has no lists and one type, read the
      corresponding data.
  
      For example
  
          element vertex 8
          property float x
          property float y
          property float z
  
      Args:
          f: file-like object being read.
          definition: The element object which describes what we are reading.
  
      Returns:
          1-element list containing a 2D numpy array corresponding to the data.
          The rows are the different values. There is one column for each property.
      """
      np_type = _PLY_TYPES[definition.properties[0].data_type].np_type
      old_offset = f.tell()
      with warnings.catch_warnings():
          warnings.filterwarnings(
              "ignore",
              message=".* Empty input file.*",
              category=UserWarning,
          )
          data = np.loadtxt(
              f,
              dtype=np_type,
              comments=None,
              ndmin=2,
              max_rows=definition.count,
          )
      if not len(data):  # np.loadtxt() seeks even on empty data
          f.seek(old_offset)
      if data.shape[1] != len(definition.properties):
          raise ValueError(
              "Inconsistent data for %s." % definition.name
          )
      if data.shape[0] != definition.count:
          raise ValueError("Not enough data for %s." % definition.name)
      return [data]
  
imports: import itertools
  import os
  import struct
  import sys
  import warnings
  from collections import namedtuple
  from dataclasses import asdict, dataclass
  from io import BytesIO, TextIOBase
  from typing import List, Optional, Tuple
  import numpy
  import torch
  from iopath.common.file_io import PathManager
  from pytorch3d.io.utils import _check_faces_indices, _make_tensor, _open_file, _read_image, PathOrStr
  from pytorch3d.renderer import TexturesUV, TexturesVertex
  from pytorch3d.structures import Meshes, Pointclouds
  from .pluggable_formats import endswith, MeshFormatInterpreter, PointcloudFormatInterpreter
label_desc: Use image node_id 1 for calling a global function with example usage: _read_ply_fixed_size_element_ascii(f, definition) and returns: list