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Cloud Inspection Plugin

The Cloud Inspection Plugin computes descriptive metrics on loaded point clouds.

Cloud Inspection Plugin


Features

  • Global metrics: point count, bounding box, mean NN distance, density.
  • Structural detection: horizontal planes, clustering, edge indicators.
  • Per-point properties: normals, curvature, roughness, planarity, linearity.
  • Visualization through the Cloud Info panel (coloring by property with colormaps).
  • Report window + export to dataset tree.

Usage

  1. Load a point cloud dataset.
  2. Open the plugin from the toolbar button.
  3. Select the metrics to compute and click Compute.
  4. The results appear in:
  5. Dataset Tree → Inspection branch
  6. Message Window → textual report
  7. Cloud Info Panel → property-based coloring

Options

  • Quick Test: preview computation for one metric.
  • Dataset chooser: when multiple clouds are loaded.
  • Color mapping: viridis, plasma, magma, inferno, jet.
  • Copy report: export results to clipboard.

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