binvox

(editing now, 12/7/23)

1. open a terminal
2. change to the directory where you downloaded binvox
3. run binvox without parameters to see a usage summary
4. find and download a 3D model you want to voxelize (you could search “download 3d models” in Google)
   1. make sure it's in a format that binvox supports
   2. alternatively, use this small test model of a mug
5. let's voxelize using the default methods (z-buffer based carving and parity voting), to a voxel grid of 128 x 128 x 128 voxels:
   1. type in the terminal: binvox -d 128 mug.ply (+ Enter)
   2. a 128 x 128 window should open showing the mug from 6 directions, first briefly in white, then slice by slice in yellow and orange
6. a file mug.binvox has been created (or mug_1.binvox, mug_2.binvox, and so on, if this file already existed in the directory)
7. you can view it using “viewvox”: if you downloaded viewvox to the same directory, run it with viewvox mug.binvox