""" Diagnose 3DGS PLY parameter spaces and quantization artifacts. Use this before blaming the Transformer. It checks whether scale/opacity/rotation fields look like standard 3DGS raw parameters, and optionally compares a quantized/reconstructed PLY against the original PLY. Examples: python diagnose_ply_fields.py original.ply python diagnose_ply_fields.py original.ply --compare reconstructed.ply """ import argparse import os import numpy as np try: from plyfile import PlyData except ModuleNotFoundError: PlyData = None PERCENTILES = [0, 1, 50, 90, 95, 99, 99.9, 100] PLY_DTYPE_MAP = { "char": "i1", "int8": "i1", "uchar": "u1", "uint8": "u1", "short": "i2", "int16": "i2", "ushort": "u2", "uint16": "u2", "int": "i4", "int32": "i4", "uint": "u4", "uint32": "u4", "float": "f4", "float32": "f4", "double": "f8", "float64": "f8", } def sigmoid(x: np.ndarray) -> np.ndarray: x = np.clip(x, -80.0, 80.0) return 1.0 / (1.0 + np.exp(-x)) def read_vertex_without_plyfile(ply_path: str) -> np.ndarray: with open(ply_path, "rb") as f: first = f.readline().decode("ascii", errors="replace").strip() if first != "ply": raise ValueError(f"{ply_path} is not a PLY file") fmt = None vertex_count = None vertex_props = [] current_element = None while True: line_b = f.readline() if not line_b: raise ValueError(f"{ply_path} ended before end_header") line = line_b.decode("ascii", errors="replace").strip() if line == "end_header": data_start = f.tell() break if not line or line.startswith("comment"): continue parts = line.split() if parts[0] == "format": fmt = parts[1] elif parts[0] == "element": current_element = parts[1] if current_element == "vertex": vertex_count = int(parts[2]) elif parts[0] == "property" and current_element == "vertex": if parts[1] == "list": raise ValueError("List properties inside vertex are not supported by the fallback reader.") prop_type, prop_name = parts[1], parts[2] if prop_type not in PLY_DTYPE_MAP: raise ValueError(f"Unsupported PLY property type: {prop_type}") vertex_props.append((prop_name, PLY_DTYPE_MAP[prop_type])) if fmt is None or vertex_count is None: raise ValueError(f"{ply_path} missing format or vertex element in header") if not vertex_props: raise ValueError(f"{ply_path} has no vertex properties") if fmt == "binary_little_endian": dtype = np.dtype(vertex_props).newbyteorder("<") f.seek(data_start) data = np.fromfile(f, dtype=dtype, count=vertex_count) if data.shape[0] != vertex_count: raise ValueError(f"Expected {vertex_count} vertices, read {data.shape[0]}") return data if fmt == "binary_big_endian": dtype = np.dtype(vertex_props).newbyteorder(">") f.seek(data_start) data = np.fromfile(f, dtype=dtype, count=vertex_count) if data.shape[0] != vertex_count: raise ValueError(f"Expected {vertex_count} vertices, read {data.shape[0]}") return data if fmt == "ascii": f.seek(data_start) rows = [] for _ in range(vertex_count): line = f.readline().decode("ascii", errors="replace").strip() rows.append(line.split()) raw = np.asarray(rows, dtype=np.float64) dtype = np.dtype(vertex_props) data = np.empty(vertex_count, dtype=dtype) for i, (name, _) in enumerate(vertex_props): data[name] = raw[:, i].astype(data.dtype[name]) return data raise ValueError(f"Unsupported PLY format: {fmt}") def read_vertex(ply_path: str) -> np.ndarray: if PlyData is not None: plydata = PlyData.read(ply_path) return plydata["vertex"].data return read_vertex_without_plyfile(ply_path) def read_fields(ply_path: str) -> dict: vertex = read_vertex(ply_path) names = vertex.dtype.names required = [ "scale_0", "scale_1", "scale_2", "opacity", "rot_0", "rot_1", "rot_2", "rot_3", ] missing = [name for name in required if name not in names] if missing: raise ValueError(f"{ply_path} missing fields: {missing}") scale = np.stack( [vertex["scale_0"], vertex["scale_1"], vertex["scale_2"]], axis=1 ).astype(np.float64) opacity = np.asarray(vertex["opacity"], dtype=np.float64) rot = np.stack( [vertex["rot_0"], vertex["rot_1"], vertex["rot_2"], vertex["rot_3"]], axis=1 ).astype(np.float64) xyz = None if all(name in names for name in ["x", "y", "z"]): xyz = np.stack([vertex["x"], vertex["y"], vertex["z"]], axis=1).astype( np.float64 ) return { "scale": scale, "opacity": opacity, "rot": rot, "xyz": xyz, "n": scale.shape[0], } def print_percentiles(title: str, values: np.ndarray) -> None: pct = np.percentile(values, PERCENTILES, axis=0) print(f"\n[{title}]") for p, row in zip(PERCENTILES, pct): if np.ndim(row) == 0: print(f" p{p:>5}: {float(row): .8g}") else: joined = " ".join(f"{float(x): .8g}" for x in np.ravel(row)) print(f" p{p:>5}: {joined}") def diagnose_one(ply_path: str) -> dict: data = read_fields(ply_path) scale = data["scale"] opacity = data["opacity"] rot = data["rot"] exp_scale = np.exp(np.clip(scale, -80.0, 80.0)) alpha = sigmoid(opacity) rot_norm = np.linalg.norm(rot, axis=1) volume = np.exp(np.clip(scale.sum(axis=1), -80.0, 80.0)) print("\n" + "=" * 88) print(f"PLY: {os.path.abspath(ply_path)}") print(f"N: {data['n']:,}") print("=" * 88) print_percentiles("scale raw fields: scale_0/1/2", scale) print_percentiles("exp(scale): renderer physical scale if PLY is standard raw scale", exp_scale) print_percentiles("log-volume = scale_0 + scale_1 + scale_2", scale.sum(axis=1)) print_percentiles("physical volume = exp(sum(scale))", volume) print_percentiles("opacity raw field", opacity) print_percentiles("sigmoid(opacity): renderer alpha if PLY is standard raw opacity", alpha) print_percentiles("rotation L2 norm", rot_norm) suspicious_scale_positive = np.mean(scale > 0.0) suspicious_exp_big = np.mean(exp_scale > 1.0) near_unit_rot = np.mean(np.abs(rot_norm - 1.0) < 1e-3) print("\n[quick flags]") print(f" fraction(scale entries > 0): {suspicious_scale_positive:.4%}") print(f" fraction(exp(scale) entries > 1): {suspicious_exp_big:.4%}") print(f" fraction(rot norm near 1): {near_unit_rot:.4%}") if np.percentile(scale, 50) > 0.0: print(" WARN: median raw scale is positive. If this PLY is loaded by standard 3DGS, exp(scale) may be very large.") if np.percentile(exp_scale, 99) > 1.0: print(" WARN: exp(scale) p99 > 1.0. This is often huge for standard 3DGS scenes and can create bright blobs.") if np.percentile(rot_norm, 99) < 0.5 or np.percentile(rot_norm, 1) > 2.0: print(" WARN: rotation norms look unusual before renderer normalization.") return data def compare(original_path: str, compare_path: str) -> None: orig = read_fields(original_path) comp = read_fields(compare_path) if orig["n"] != comp["n"]: print("\n[compare skipped]") print(f" Point counts differ: original={orig['n']:,}, compare={comp['n']:,}") return scale_a = orig["scale"] scale_b = comp["scale"] rot_a = orig["rot"] rot_b = comp["rot"] log_volume_delta = scale_b.sum(axis=1) - scale_a.sum(axis=1) volume_ratio = np.exp(np.clip(log_volume_delta, -80.0, 80.0)) scale_abs_err = np.abs(scale_b - scale_a) rot_a_norm = rot_a / np.linalg.norm(rot_a, axis=1, keepdims=True).clip(1e-12) rot_b_norm = rot_b / np.linalg.norm(rot_b, axis=1, keepdims=True).clip(1e-12) dot = np.abs(np.sum(rot_a_norm * rot_b_norm, axis=1)).clip(0.0, 1.0) rot_angle_deg = np.degrees(2.0 * np.arccos(dot)) print("\n" + "=" * 88) print("COMPARISON") print(f"original: {os.path.abspath(original_path)}") print(f"compare: {os.path.abspath(compare_path)}") print("=" * 88) print_percentiles("abs scale error per axis", scale_abs_err) print_percentiles("log-volume delta: sum(compare_scale - original_scale)", log_volume_delta) print_percentiles("volume ratio: exp(log-volume delta)", volume_ratio) print_percentiles("rotation angular error in degrees, abs(q dot q')", rot_angle_deg) for threshold in [2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64]: count = int(np.sum(volume_ratio > threshold)) print(f" count(volume_ratio > {threshold:>2}): {count:,} ({count / len(volume_ratio):.4%})") top = np.argsort(volume_ratio)[-10:][::-1] print("\n[top 10 volume-ratio points]") print(" idx ratio orig_scale comp_scale") for idx in top: oscale = " ".join(f"{x: .5f}" for x in scale_a[idx]) cscale = " ".join(f"{x: .5f}" for x in scale_b[idx]) print(f" {idx:<8d} {volume_ratio[idx]:>11.4g} [{oscale}] [{cscale}]") def parse_args() -> argparse.Namespace: parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Diagnose 3DGS PLY scale/opacity/rotation fields.") parser.add_argument("ply", help="Original or target PLY to inspect.") parser.add_argument("--compare", help="Optional reconstructed/quantized PLY to compare against the first PLY.") return parser.parse_args() def main() -> None: args = parse_args() diagnose_one(args.ply) if args.compare: diagnose_one(args.compare) compare(args.ply, args.compare) if __name__ == "__main__": main()