The ZipPack Polygon Mesh Zippering Package
Zipper is a program for combining range images into a polygonal mesh.
It was specifically created to more fully use range images acquired
from a Cyberware range scanner. With appropriate file conversion,
however, there is nothing preventing the use of zipper with range images
taken with other scanners.
The research results from the "zipper" program are described in the article:
Zippered Polygon Meshes from Range Images, by
Greg Turk and
Marc Levoy, published in the Siggraph 94 Proceedings. The source code for
zipper is available free of charge for non-commercial use. The software was
written by Greg Turk. This software distribution was prepared by
Hua (Grace) Ge
and
Brian Curless.
Table of Contents
The current release of ZipPack is version 1.14. There are three independent
pieces of the release which you can retrieve by clicking on the headings in
the following list. These items are available by anonymous ftp to
graphics.stanford.edu in the directory
pub/zippack .
-
Zipper (1,500K bytes compressed)
- Compressed tar file containing the source code and an executable file
(zipper) which is compiled for SGI Irix 5.3. Save it as zipper-1.14.tar.Z and type "
zcat zipper-1.14.tar.Z |
tar xf -" to unpack the source (or if your Web browser automatically
uncompresses files then use cat instead of zcat).
Then look at the README file in the unpacked source for further instructions.
-
Ply (31K bytes compressed)
- Compressed tar file containing routines for reading and writing the PLY
polygon file format. The zipper program reads individual polygon meshes stored
as .ply files, and writes zippered polygon meshes as .ply file as well.
The software here provides user the ability to read and write the individual
and zippered meshes. Save it as ply-1.1.tar.Z and type "
zcat ply-1.1.tar.Z |
tar xf -" to unpack the source (or if your Web browser automatically
uncompresses files then use cat instead of zcat).
Then look at the README file in the unpacked source for more information.
ZipPack is currently unsupported and is offered to the research community "as
is". You are welcome to report bugs to
zipper@graphics.stanford.edu ,
but we cannot guarantee that we will fix them in a timely manner.
Sample data of a telephone handset and a clay bunny are provided here. They are
in the .ply file format, containing both range images and polygon meshes. Click
here or use anonymous ftp to graphics.stanford.edu in the directory
pub/zippack/data .
Zipper User's Manual
We have started a new mailing list
(zipper_folks@graphics.stanford.edu) to keep people abreast of updates
to ZipPack. To get on the mailing list or to ask questions about
ZipPack, send a message to:
zipper@graphics.stanford.edu
Last update: 28 August 1995
zipper@graphics.stanford.edu