Merge pull request #1935 from assimp/issue_842

Issue 842: Solving for ascii stl point cloud export

code/Exporter.cpp

@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ Here we implement only the C++ interface (Assimp::Exporter).
 #include "JoinVerticesProcess.h"
 #include "MakeVerboseFormat.h"
 #include "ConvertToLHProcess.h"
+#include "PretransformVertices.h"
 #include <assimp/Exceptional.h>
 #include "ScenePrivate.h"
 #include <memory>
@@ -397,6 +398,11 @@ aiReturn Exporter::Export( const aiScene* pScene, const char* pFormatId, const c
                         }
                     }
 
+                    bool exportPointCloud(false);
+                    if (nullptr != pProperties) {
+                        exportPointCloud = pProperties->GetPropertyBool(AI_CONFIG_EXPORT_POINT_CLOUDS);
+                    }
+
                     // dispatch other processes
                     for( unsigned int a = 0; a < pimpl->mPostProcessingSteps.size(); a++) {
                         BaseProcess* const p = pimpl->mPostProcessingSteps[a];
@@ -405,7 +411,9 @@ aiReturn Exporter::Export( const aiScene* pScene, const char* pFormatId, const c
                             && !dynamic_cast<FlipUVsProcess*>(p)
                             && !dynamic_cast<FlipWindingOrderProcess*>(p)
                             && !dynamic_cast<MakeLeftHandedProcess*>(p)) {
-
+                            if (dynamic_cast<PretransformVertices*>(p) && exportPointCloud) {
+                                continue;
+                            }
                             p->Execute(scenecopy.get());
                         }
                     }
@@ -441,7 +449,6 @@ const char* Exporter::GetErrorString() const {
     return pimpl->mError.c_str();
 }
 
-
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 void Exporter::FreeBlob() {
     delete pimpl->blob;
@@ -470,7 +477,7 @@ size_t Exporter::GetExportFormatCount() const {
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 const aiExportFormatDesc* Exporter::GetExportFormatDescription( size_t index ) const {
     if (index >= GetExportFormatCount()) {
-        return NULL;
+        return nullptr;
     }
 
     // Return from static storage if the requested index is built-in.
@@ -495,7 +502,8 @@ aiReturn Exporter::RegisterExporter(const ExportFormatEntry& desc) {
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 void Exporter::UnregisterExporter(const char* id) {
-    for(std::vector<ExportFormatEntry>::iterator it = pimpl->mExporters.begin(); it != pimpl->mExporters.end(); ++it) {
+    for(std::vector<ExportFormatEntry>::iterator it = pimpl->mExporters.begin();
+            it != pimpl->mExporters.end(); ++it) {
         if (!strcmp((*it).mDescription.id,id)) {
             pimpl->mExporters.erase(it);
             break;
@@ -531,8 +539,7 @@ bool ExportProperties::SetPropertyFloat(const char* szName, ai_real iValue) {
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Set a configuration property
-bool ExportProperties :: SetPropertyString(const char* szName, const std::string& value)
-{
+bool ExportProperties::SetPropertyString(const char* szName, const std::string& value) {
     return SetGenericProperty<std::string>(mStringProperties, szName,value);
 }
 

code/PretransformVertices.cpp

@@ -60,14 +60,17 @@ using namespace Assimp;
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Constructor to be privately used by Importer
 PretransformVertices::PretransformVertices()
-:   configKeepHierarchy (false), configNormalize(false), configTransform(false), configTransformation()
-{
+: configKeepHierarchy (false)
+, configNormalize(false)
+, configTransform(false)
+, configTransformation()
+, mConfigPointCloud( false ) {
+    // empty
 }
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Destructor, private as well
-PretransformVertices::~PretransformVertices()
-{
+PretransformVertices::~PretransformVertices() {
     // nothing to do here
 }
 
@@ -89,6 +92,8 @@ void PretransformVertices::SetupProperties(const Importer* pImp)
     configTransform = (0 != pImp->GetPropertyInteger(AI_CONFIG_PP_PTV_ADD_ROOT_TRANSFORMATION,0));
 
     configTransformation = pImp->GetPropertyMatrix(AI_CONFIG_PP_PTV_ROOT_TRANSFORMATION, aiMatrix4x4());
+
+    mConfigPointCloud = pImp->GetPropertyBool(AI_CONFIG_EXPORT_POINT_CLOUDS);
 }
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -502,9 +507,7 @@ void PretransformVertices::Execute( aiScene* pScene)
             pScene->mMeshes[i]->mBones    = NULL;
             pScene->mMeshes[i]->mNumBones = 0;
         }
-    }
-    else {
-
+    } else {
         apcOutMeshes.reserve(pScene->mNumMaterials<<1u);
         std::list<unsigned int> aiVFormats;
 
@@ -556,7 +559,8 @@ void PretransformVertices::Execute( aiScene* pScene)
         }
 
         // If no meshes are referenced in the node graph it is possible that we get no output meshes.
-        if (apcOutMeshes.empty())   {
+        if (apcOutMeshes.empty()) {
+            
             throw DeadlyImportError("No output meshes: all meshes are orphaned and are not referenced by any nodes");
         }
         else

code/PretransformVertices.h

@@ -61,15 +61,11 @@ namespace Assimp    {
  *  and removes the whole graph. The output is a list of meshes, one for
  *  each material.
 */
-class ASSIMP_API PretransformVertices : public BaseProcess
-{
+class ASSIMP_API PretransformVertices : public BaseProcess {
 public:
-
     PretransformVertices ();
     ~PretransformVertices ();
 
-public:
-
     // -------------------------------------------------------------------
     // Check whether step is active
     bool IsActive( unsigned int pFlags) const;
@@ -82,7 +78,6 @@ public:
     // Setup import settings
     void SetupProperties(const Importer* pImp);
 
-
     // -------------------------------------------------------------------
     /** @brief Toggle the 'keep hierarchy' option
      *  @param d hm ... difficult to guess what this means, hu!?
@@ -100,7 +95,6 @@ public:
     }
 
 private:
-
     // -------------------------------------------------------------------
     // Count the number of nodes
     unsigned int CountNodes( aiNode* pcNode );
@@ -161,6 +155,7 @@ private:
     bool configNormalize;
     bool configTransform;
     aiMatrix4x4 configTransformation;
+    bool mConfigPointCloud;
 };
 
 } // end of namespace Assimp

code/RemoveRedundantMaterials.h

@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 #include <assimp/mesh.h>
 
 class RemoveRedundantMatsTest;
+
 namespace Assimp    {
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

code/STLExporter.cpp

@@ -54,14 +54,17 @@ OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 #include <assimp/ByteSwapper.h>
 
 using namespace Assimp;
+
 namespace Assimp    {
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Worker function for exporting a scene to Stereolithograpy. Prototyped and registered in Exporter.cpp
-void ExportSceneSTL(const char* pFile,IOSystem* pIOSystem, const aiScene* pScene, const ExportProperties* /*pProperties*/)
+void ExportSceneSTL(const char* pFile,IOSystem* pIOSystem, const aiScene* pScene, const ExportProperties* pProperties )
 {
+    bool exportPointClouds = pProperties->GetPropertyBool(AI_CONFIG_EXPORT_POINT_CLOUDS);
+
     // invoke the exporter
-    STLExporter exporter(pFile, pScene);
+    STLExporter exporter(pFile, pScene, exportPointClouds );
 
     if (exporter.mOutput.fail()) {
         throw DeadlyExportError("output data creation failed. Most likely the file became too large: " + std::string(pFile));
@@ -75,10 +78,12 @@ void ExportSceneSTL(const char* pFile,IOSystem* pIOSystem, const aiScene* pScene
 
     outfile->Write( exporter.mOutput.str().c_str(), static_cast<size_t>(exporter.mOutput.tellp()),1);
 }
-void ExportSceneSTLBinary(const char* pFile,IOSystem* pIOSystem, const aiScene* pScene, const ExportProperties* /*pProperties*/)
+void ExportSceneSTLBinary(const char* pFile,IOSystem* pIOSystem, const aiScene* pScene, const ExportProperties* pProperties )
 {
+    bool exportPointClouds = pProperties->GetPropertyBool(AI_CONFIG_EXPORT_POINT_CLOUDS);
+
     // invoke the exporter
-    STLExporter exporter(pFile, pScene, true);
+    STLExporter exporter(pFile, pScene, exportPointClouds, true);
 
     if (exporter.mOutput.fail()) {
         throw DeadlyExportError("output data creation failed. Most likely the file became too large: " + std::string(pFile));
@@ -95,9 +100,11 @@ void ExportSceneSTLBinary(const char* pFile,IOSystem* pIOSystem, const aiScene*
 
 } // end of namespace Assimp
 
+static const char *SolidToken = "solid";
+static const char *EndSolidToken = "endsolid";
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-STLExporter :: STLExporter(const char* _filename, const aiScene* pScene, bool binary)
+STLExporter::STLExporter(const char* _filename, const aiScene* pScene, bool exportPointClouds, bool binary)
 : filename(_filename)
 , endl("\n")
 {
@@ -118,22 +125,55 @@ STLExporter :: STLExporter(const char* _filename, const aiScene* pScene, bool bi
         }
         AI_SWAP4(meshnum);
         mOutput.write((char *)&meshnum, 4);
+
+        if (exportPointClouds) {
+
+        }
+
         for(unsigned int i = 0; i < pScene->mNumMeshes; ++i) {
             WriteMeshBinary(pScene->mMeshes[i]);
         }
     } else {
-        const std::string& name = "AssimpScene";
 
-        mOutput << "solid " << name << endl;
+        // Exporting only point clouds
+        if (exportPointClouds) {
+            WritePointCloud("Assimp_Pointcloud", pScene );
+            return;
+        } 
+
+        // Export the assimp mesh 
+        const std::string name = "AssimpScene";
+        mOutput << SolidToken << " " << name << endl;
         for(unsigned int i = 0; i < pScene->mNumMeshes; ++i) {
-            WriteMesh(pScene->mMeshes[i]);
+            WriteMesh(pScene->mMeshes[ i ]);
         }
-        mOutput << "endsolid " << name << endl;
+        mOutput << EndSolidToken << name << endl;
     }
 }
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-void STLExporter :: WriteMesh(const aiMesh* m)
+void STLExporter::WritePointCloud(const std::string &name, const aiScene* pScene) {
+    mOutput << " " << SolidToken << " " << name << endl;
+    aiVector3D nor;
+    mOutput << " facet normal " << nor.x << " " << nor.y << " " << nor.z << endl;
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < pScene->mNumMeshes; ++i) {
+        aiMesh *mesh = pScene->mMeshes[i];
+        if (nullptr == mesh) {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        for (unsigned int a = 0; a < mesh->mNumVertices; ++a) {
+            const aiVector3D& v = mesh->mVertices[a];
+            mOutput << "  vertex " << v.x << " " << v.y << " " << v.z << endl;
+            mOutput << "  vertex " << v.x << " " << v.y << " " << v.z << endl;
+            mOutput << "  vertex " << v.x << " " << v.y << " " << v.z << endl;
+        }
+    }
+    mOutput << EndSolidToken << " " << name << endl;
+}
+
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+void STLExporter::WriteMesh(const aiMesh* m)
 {
     for (unsigned int i = 0; i < m->mNumFaces; ++i) {
         const aiFace& f = m->mFaces[i];
@@ -145,7 +185,7 @@ void STLExporter :: WriteMesh(const aiMesh* m)
             for(unsigned int a = 0; a < f.mNumIndices; ++a) {
                 nor += m->mNormals[f.mIndices[a]];
             }
-            nor.Normalize();
+            nor.NormalizeSafe();
         }
         mOutput << " facet normal " << nor.x << " " << nor.y << " " << nor.z << endl;
         mOutput << "  outer loop" << endl;
@@ -159,7 +199,7 @@ void STLExporter :: WriteMesh(const aiMesh* m)
     }
 }
 
-void STLExporter :: WriteMeshBinary(const aiMesh* m)
+void STLExporter::WriteMeshBinary(const aiMesh* m)
 {
     for (unsigned int i = 0; i < m->mNumFaces; ++i) {
         const aiFace& f = m->mFaces[i];

code/STLExporter.h

@@ -52,8 +52,7 @@ struct aiScene;
 struct aiNode;
 struct aiMesh;
 
-namespace Assimp
-{
+namespace Assimp {
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 /** Helper class to export a given scene to a STL file. */
@@ -62,15 +61,13 @@ class STLExporter
 {
 public:
     /// Constructor for a specific scene to export
-    STLExporter(const char* filename, const aiScene* pScene, bool binary = false);
-
-public:
+    STLExporter(const char* filename, const aiScene* pScene, bool exportPOintClouds, bool binary = false);
 
     /// public stringstreams to write all output into
     std::ostringstream mOutput;
 
 private:
-
+    void WritePointCloud(const std::string &name, const aiScene* pScene);
     void WriteMesh(const aiMesh* m);
     void WriteMeshBinary(const aiMesh* m);
 

code/simd.cpp

@@ -75,4 +75,5 @@ bool CPUSupportsSSE2() {
 #endif
 }
 
+
 } // Namespace Assimp

include/assimp/Exporter.hpp

@@ -115,12 +115,16 @@ public:
         }
     };
 
-
-public:
+    /**
+     *  @brief  The class constructor.
+     */
     Exporter();
+
+    /**
+    *  @brief  The class destructor.
+    */
     ~Exporter();
 
-public:
     // -------------------------------------------------------------------
     /** Supplies a custom IO handler to the exporter to use to open and
      * access files.
@@ -172,8 +176,10 @@ public:
     *   Any IO handlers set via #SetIOHandler are ignored here.
     * @note Use aiCopyScene() to get a modifiable copy of a previously
     *   imported scene. */
-    const aiExportDataBlob* ExportToBlob(const aiScene* pScene, const char* pFormatId, unsigned int pPreprocessing = 0u, const ExportProperties* = NULL);
-    const aiExportDataBlob* ExportToBlob(  const aiScene* pScene, const std::string& pFormatId, unsigned int pPreprocessing = 0u, const ExportProperties* pProperties = NULL);
+    const aiExportDataBlob* ExportToBlob(const aiScene* pScene, const char* pFormatId,
+        unsigned int pPreprocessing = 0u, const ExportProperties* = nullptr);
+    const aiExportDataBlob* ExportToBlob(  const aiScene* pScene, const std::string& pFormatId,
+        unsigned int pPreprocessing = 0u, const ExportProperties* pProperties = nullptr);
 
     // -------------------------------------------------------------------
     /** Convenience function to export directly to a file. Use
@@ -208,8 +214,10 @@ public:
      * @return AI_SUCCESS if everything was fine.
      * @note Use aiCopyScene() to get a modifiable copy of a previously
      *   imported scene.*/
-    aiReturn Export( const aiScene* pScene, const char* pFormatId, const char* pPath, unsigned int pPreprocessing = 0u, const ExportProperties* pProperties = NULL);
-    aiReturn Export( const aiScene* pScene, const std::string& pFormatId, const std::string& pPath,  unsigned int pPreprocessing = 0u, const ExportProperties* pProperties = NULL);
+    aiReturn Export( const aiScene* pScene, const char* pFormatId, const char* pPath,
+        unsigned int pPreprocessing = 0u, const ExportProperties* pProperties = nullptr);
+    aiReturn Export( const aiScene* pScene, const std::string& pFormatId, const std::string& pPath,
+        unsigned int pPreprocessing = 0u, const ExportProperties* pProperties = nullptr);
 
     // -------------------------------------------------------------------
     /** Returns an error description of an error that occurred in #Export

include/assimp/GenericProperty.h

@@ -46,15 +46,15 @@ OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 #include <assimp/Importer.hpp>
 #include <assimp/ai_assert.h>
 #include "Hash.h"
-#include <map>
 
+#include <map>
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 template <class T>
-inline bool SetGenericProperty(std::map< unsigned int, T >& list,
-    const char* szName, const T& value)
-{
-    ai_assert(NULL != szName);
+inline
+bool SetGenericProperty(std::map< unsigned int, T >& list,
+        const char* szName, const T& value) {
+    ai_assert(nullptr != szName);
     const uint32_t hash = SuperFastHash(szName);
 
     typename std::map<unsigned int, T>::iterator it = list.find(hash);
@@ -63,20 +63,22 @@ inline bool SetGenericProperty(std::map< unsigned int, T >& list,
         return false;
     }
     (*it).second = value;
+
     return true;
 }
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 template <class T>
-inline const T& GetGenericProperty(const std::map< unsigned int, T >& list,
-    const char* szName, const T& errorReturn)
-{
-    ai_assert(NULL != szName);
+inline
+const T& GetGenericProperty(const std::map< unsigned int, T >& list,
+        const char* szName, const T& errorReturn) {
+    ai_assert(nullptr != szName);
     const uint32_t hash = SuperFastHash(szName);
 
     typename std::map<unsigned int, T>::const_iterator it = list.find(hash);
-    if (it == list.end())
+    if (it == list.end()) {
         return errorReturn;
+    }
 
     return (*it).second;
 }
@@ -85,16 +87,17 @@ inline const T& GetGenericProperty(const std::map< unsigned int, T >& list,
 // Special version for pointer types - they will be deleted when replaced with another value
 // passing NULL removes the whole property
 template <class T>
-inline void SetGenericPropertyPtr(std::map< unsigned int, T* >& list,
-    const char* szName, T* value, bool* bWasExisting = NULL)
-{
-    ai_assert(NULL != szName);
+inline
+void SetGenericPropertyPtr(std::map< unsigned int, T* >& list,
+        const char* szName, T* value, bool* bWasExisting = nullptr ) {
+    ai_assert(nullptr != szName);
     const uint32_t hash = SuperFastHash(szName);
 
     typename std::map<unsigned int, T*>::iterator it = list.find(hash);
     if (it == list.end())   {
-        if (bWasExisting)
+        if (bWasExisting) {
             *bWasExisting = false;
+        }
 
         list.insert(std::pair<unsigned int,T*>( hash, value ));
         return;
@@ -106,20 +109,23 @@ inline void SetGenericPropertyPtr(std::map< unsigned int, T* >& list,
     if (!value) {
         list.erase(it);
     }
-    if (bWasExisting)
+    if (bWasExisting) {
         *bWasExisting = true;
+    }
 }
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 template <class T>
-inline bool HasGenericProperty(const std::map< unsigned int, T >& list,
-    const char* szName)
-{
-    ai_assert(NULL != szName);
+inline
+bool HasGenericProperty(const std::map< unsigned int, T >& list,
+        const char* szName) {
+    ai_assert(nullptr != szName);
     const uint32_t hash = SuperFastHash(szName);
 
     typename std::map<unsigned int, T>::const_iterator it = list.find(hash);
-    if (it == list.end()) return false;
+    if (it == list.end()) {
+        return false;
+    }
 
     return true;
 }

include/assimp/cexport.h

@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ struct aiExportFormatDesc
  */
 ASSIMP_API size_t aiGetExportFormatCount(void);
 
-
 // --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 /** Returns a description of the nth export file format. Use #aiGetExportFormatCount()
  * to learn how many export formats are supported. The description must be released by
@@ -186,7 +185,6 @@ ASSIMP_API aiReturn aiExportSceneEx( const C_STRUCT aiScene* pScene,
     C_STRUCT aiFileIO* pIO,
     unsigned int pPreprocessing );
 
-
 // --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 /** Describes a blob of exported scene data. Use #aiExportSceneToBlob() to create a blob containing an
 * exported scene. The memory referred by this structure is owned by Assimp.
@@ -245,8 +243,8 @@ private:
 * @param pPreprocessing Please see the documentation for #aiExportScene
 * @return the exported data or NULL in case of error
 */
-ASSIMP_API const C_STRUCT aiExportDataBlob* aiExportSceneToBlob( const C_STRUCT aiScene* pScene, const char* pFormatId,  unsigned int pPreprocessing );
-
+ASSIMP_API const C_STRUCT aiExportDataBlob* aiExportSceneToBlob( const C_STRUCT aiScene* pScene, const char* pFormatId,
+    unsigned int pPreprocessing );
 
 // --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 /** Releases the memory associated with the given exported data. Use this function to free a data blob

include/assimp/config.h.in

@@ -953,6 +953,11 @@ enum aiComponent
 
 #define AI_CONFIG_EXPORT_XFILE_64BIT "EXPORT_XFILE_64BIT"
 
+/**
+ *
+ */
+#define AI_CONFIG_EXPORT_POINT_CLOUDS "EXPORT_POINT_CLOUDS"
+
 /**
  *  @brief  Specifies a gobal key factor for scale, float value
  */

test/unit/utPLYImportExport.cpp

@@ -138,18 +138,19 @@ TEST_F( utPLYImportExport, vertexColorTest ) {
     EXPECT_EQ(2u, first_face.mIndices[2]);
 }
 
-//Test issue #623, PLY importer should not automatically create faces
+// Test issue #623, PLY importer should not automatically create faces
 TEST_F(utPLYImportExport, pointcloudTest) {
-  Assimp::Importer importer;
-  //Could not use aiProcess_ValidateDataStructure since it's missing faces.
-  const aiScene *scene = importer.ReadFile(ASSIMP_TEST_MODELS_DIR "/PLY/issue623.ply", 0);
-  EXPECT_NE(nullptr, scene);
-
-  EXPECT_EQ(1u, scene->mNumMeshes);
-  EXPECT_NE(nullptr, scene->mMeshes[0]);
-  EXPECT_EQ(24u, scene->mMeshes[0]->mNumVertices);
-  EXPECT_EQ(aiPrimitiveType::aiPrimitiveType_POINT, scene->mMeshes[0]->mPrimitiveTypes);
-  EXPECT_EQ(0u, scene->mMeshes[0]->mNumFaces);
+    Assimp::Importer importer;
+
+    //Could not use aiProcess_ValidateDataStructure since it's missing faces.
+    const aiScene *scene = importer.ReadFile(ASSIMP_TEST_MODELS_DIR "/PLY/issue623.ply", 0);
+    EXPECT_NE(nullptr, scene);
+
+    EXPECT_EQ(1u, scene->mNumMeshes);
+    EXPECT_NE(nullptr, scene->mMeshes[0]);
+    EXPECT_EQ(24u, scene->mMeshes[0]->mNumVertices);
+    EXPECT_EQ(aiPrimitiveType::aiPrimitiveType_POINT, scene->mMeshes[0]->mPrimitiveTypes);
+    EXPECT_EQ(0u, scene->mMeshes[0]->mNumFaces);
 }
 
 static const char *test_file =

test/unit/utSTLImportExport.cpp

@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 #include <assimp/Importer.hpp>
 #include <assimp/postprocess.h>
+#include <assimp/Exporter.hpp>
+#include <assimp/scene.h>
+
+#include <vector>
 
 using namespace Assimp;
 
@@ -68,3 +72,73 @@ TEST_F( utSTLImporterExporter, test_with_two_solids ) {
     const aiScene *scene = importer.ReadFile( ASSIMP_TEST_MODELS_DIR "/STL/triangle_with_two_solids.stl", aiProcess_ValidateDataStructure );
     EXPECT_NE( nullptr, scene );
 }
+
+#ifndef ASSIMP_BUILD_NO_EXPORT
+
+TEST_F(utSTLImporterExporter, exporterTest) {
+    Assimp::Importer importer;
+    const aiScene *scene = importer.ReadFile(ASSIMP_TEST_MODELS_DIR "/STL/Spider_ascii.stl", aiProcess_ValidateDataStructure);
+
+    Assimp::Exporter mAiExporter;
+    mAiExporter.Export( scene, "stl", "spiderExport.stl" );
+
+    const aiScene *scene2 = importer.ReadFile("spiderExport.stl", aiProcess_ValidateDataStructure);
+    EXPECT_NE(nullptr, scene2);
+}
+
+TEST_F(utSTLImporterExporter, test_export_pointclouds) {
+    struct XYZ {
+        float x, y, z;
+    };
+
+    std::vector<XYZ> points;
+
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < 10; ++i) {
+        XYZ current;
+        current.x = static_cast<float>(i);
+        current.y = static_cast<float>(i);
+        current.z = static_cast<float>(i);
+        points.push_back(current);
+    }
+    aiScene scene;
+    scene.mRootNode = new aiNode();
+
+    scene.mMeshes = new aiMesh*[1];
+    scene.mMeshes[0] = nullptr;
+    scene.mNumMeshes = 1;
+
+    scene.mMaterials = new aiMaterial*[1];
+    scene.mMaterials[0] = nullptr;
+    scene.mNumMaterials = 1;
+
+    scene.mMaterials[0] = new aiMaterial();
+
+    scene.mMeshes[0] = new aiMesh();
+    scene.mMeshes[0]->mMaterialIndex = 0;
+
+    scene.mRootNode->mMeshes = new unsigned int[1];
+    scene.mRootNode->mMeshes[0] = 0;
+    scene.mRootNode->mNumMeshes = 1;
+
+    auto pMesh = scene.mMeshes[0];
+
+    long numValidPoints = points.size();
+
+    pMesh->mVertices = new aiVector3D[numValidPoints];
+    pMesh->mNumVertices = numValidPoints;
+
+    int i = 0;
+    for (XYZ &p : points) {
+        pMesh->mVertices[i] = aiVector3D(p.x, p.y, p.z);
+        ++i;
+    }
+
+    Assimp::Exporter mAiExporter;
+    ExportProperties *properties = new ExportProperties;
+    properties->SetPropertyBool(AI_CONFIG_EXPORT_POINT_CLOUDS, true);
+    mAiExporter.Export(&scene, "stl", "testExport.stl", 0, properties );
+
+    delete properties;
+}
+
+#endif