docstr: Extra optional args:
      colors_as_uint8: (bool) Whether to save colors as numbers in the
                  range [0, 255] instead of float32.
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code: def save(
      self,
      data: Pointclouds,
      path: PathOrStr,
      path_manager: PathManager,
      binary: Optional[bool],
      decimal_places: Optional[int] = None,
      colors_as_uint8: bool = False,
      **kwargs,
  ) -> bool:
      """
      Extra optional args:
          colors_as_uint8: (bool) Whether to save colors as numbers in the
                      range [0, 255] instead of float32.
      """
      if not endswith(path, self.known_suffixes):
          return False
  
      points = data.points_list()[0]
      features = data.features_packed()
      normals = data.normals_packed()
  
      with _open_file(path, path_manager, "wb") as f:
          _save_ply(
              f=f,
              verts=points,
              verts_colors=features,
              verts_normals=normals,
              faces=None,
              ascii=binary is False,
              decimal_places=decimal_places,
              colors_as_uint8=colors_as_uint8,
          )
      return True
  
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 3 for calling the PointcloudPlyFormat obj's underlying member method code with example usage: obj.save(data, path, path_manager, binary, decimal_places, colors_as_uint8) and returns: True, False