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Extract polyline from point cloud

Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2019 8:35 am
by NytSkab2000
Hi,
I have this section slice of a point cloud:
pointcloud_sectionslice.jpg
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Is there a way to auto generate polyline(s) tracing the center of the point cloud formations (maybe based on point density or 2d surface geometry)? I know how to extract the concave hull contour from the Section Cut menu, but I will only get the outer contour.

Thank you.

Re: Extract polyline from point cloud

Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2019 10:02 pm
by daniel
Sorry, I'm not sure to understand what you are trying to extract here... Can you maybe outline/draw it on the image?

Re: Extract polyline from point cloud

Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2019 10:24 am
by NytSkab2000
I have this scan segment of a niche:
niche_segment.jpg
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I will cut out a slice of this niche and manually trace the center of the point cloud with a polyline:
niche_slice.jpg
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The resulting polyline looks like this:
polyline.jpg
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I would like to know if it is some how possible to automate this process (of tracing the center of the point cloud slice with a polyline) with cloudcompare?

Re: Extract polyline from point cloud

Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2019 6:32 pm
by daniel
And you don't manage to do that with the Cross Section tool? (https://www.cloudcompare.org/doc/wiki/i ... le_contour)