title: Read and import a .PLY flle with C#
body: <p>Hi i would to like to know if is any way to read a .ply file and take only X-Y-Z positions.A ply file format is:</p>
  
  <pre><code>ply
  
  format ascii 1.0
  
  element vertex 303943
  
  property float x
  
  property float y
  
  property float z
  
  property uchar red
  
  property uchar green
  
  property uchar blue
  
  end_header
  
  1.955 1.647 -1.359 182 185 182 
  
  0.87 1.532 -1.453 152 160 153 
  
  0.843 1.548 -1.484 153 161 154 
  
  0.832 1.539 -1.472 151 159 152 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I haven't find anything yet except a method to do that at Matlab.</p>