export mesh with scalar field colors as colored .ply

[pascals]

Can we export a mesh model with its colored scalar field (related to the distance between 2 mesh models) as .ply? I would like to 3D print it with it colors (3D Systems printer service accepts colored .ply).

[daniel]

Indeed, scalar fields are saved in PLY files but not a lot of software can read them. So the best idea is to convert the (distances) SF to RGB first (with Edit > Scalar Fields > Convert to RGB) then save it as PLY.