From 30f7be047496ef688f1602568e755b5a9f941bc8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brian Pugh <bpugh@geomagical.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2019 10:41:14 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Also allow "vertex_index" in ply files

---
 pyntcloud/__init__.py | 2 +-
 pyntcloud/io/ply.py   | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pyntcloud/__init__.py b/pyntcloud/__init__.py
index 334f139..87feacc 100644
--- a/pyntcloud/__init__.py
+++ b/pyntcloud/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-from .core_class import PyntCloud
+from .core_class import PyntCloud
diff --git a/pyntcloud/io/ply.py b/pyntcloud/io/ply.py
index ef26801..eeb3bbd 100644
--- a/pyntcloud/io/ply.py
+++ b/pyntcloud/io/ply.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ def read_ply(filename):
                 # element mesh
                 if b'list' in line:
 
-                    if b"vertex_indices" in line[-1]:
+                    if b"vertex_indices" in line[-1] or b"vertex_index" in line[-1]:
                         mesh_names = ["n_points", "v1", "v2", "v3"]
                     else:
                         has_texture = True

From 0169c0349cdb785391160b16aadf6cac4dc957f3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brian Pugh <bpugh@geomagical.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2019 14:52:43 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Added test for vertex_index

---
 tests/data/diamond_ascii_vertex_index.ply | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 tests/integration/io/test_from_file.py    |  1 +
 2 files changed, 32 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 tests/data/diamond_ascii_vertex_index.ply

diff --git a/tests/data/diamond_ascii_vertex_index.ply b/tests/data/diamond_ascii_vertex_index.ply
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fde2d75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/diamond_ascii_vertex_index.ply
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+ply
+format ascii 1.0
+comment VCGLIB generated
+element vertex 6
+property float x
+property float y
+property float z
+property float nx
+property float ny
+property float nz
+property uchar red
+property uchar green
+property uchar blue
+property uchar alpha
+element face 8
+property list uchar int vertex_index
+end_header
+0.5 0 0.5 0 -1 0 255 0 0 255 
+0 0.5 0.5 -1 0 0 255 0 0 255 
+0.5 0.5 0 0 0 -1 0 255 0 255 
+1 0.5 0.5 1 0 0 255 0 0 255 
+0.5 1 0.5 0 1 0 255 0 0 255 
+0.5 0.5 1 0 0 1 0 0 255 255 
+3 0 1 2 
+3 0 3 2 
+3 3 4 2 
+3 4 1 2 
+3 0 1 5 
+3 0 3 5 
+3 3 4 5 
+3 4 1 5 
diff --git a/tests/integration/io/test_from_file.py b/tests/integration/io/test_from_file.py
index 3393f64..1b1fd24 100644
--- a/tests/integration/io/test_from_file.py
+++ b/tests/integration/io/test_from_file.py
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ def assert_mesh(data):
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("extension,color,mesh", [
     (".ply", True, True),
     ("_ascii.ply", True, True),
+    ("_ascii_vertex_index.ply", True, True),
     (".npz", True, True),
     (".obj", False, True),
     (".off", False, False),