Can not import any .ply files about bpy HOT 1 CLOSED

i assume you have older pcv 0.9.x from repo right? get rid of try statement here https://github.com/uhlik/bpy/blob/master/space_view3d_point_cloud_visualizer.py#L2859 and you get traceback, or you can do something like this from blender text editor and run

# writing from memory, it is not tested..
from space_view3d_point_cloud_visualizer import PlyPointCloudReader
p = "path to ply.."
r = PlyPointCloudReader(p)

i think you ply file is somehow malformed, especially this part 'ascii' codec can't decode, in binary ply, there is just header that is ascii, and if python can't decode with str.decode('ascii'), then it is not ascii

or you can send me the file to have a look, this is actually first time (alright, second, but that first time it was unusual color channels names) somebody have issue with ply loader and i'd like to fix that

from bpy.