point-cloud-utils

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An easy-to-use Python library for processing and manipulating 3D point clouds and meshes.

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- - build-wheels-and-publish-to-pipy.yml
- FUNDING.yml
- c_cpp_properties.json
- settings.json
- DownloadExternalDeps.cmake
- DownloadProject.cmake
- DownloadProject.CMakeLists.cmake.in
- FindMKL.cmake
- geogram.cmake
- bunny.ply
- bunny_duplicates.ply
- cube_twist.obj
- duplicated_pcloud.ply
- tree.ply
- truck.ply
- wheel.ply
- - about.md
  - CNAME
  - index.md
  - make_api_reference.py
- .gitignore
- make_logo.py
- mkdocs.yml
- plot_morton_knn_2d.py
- plot_morton_knn_3d.py
- test_morton_different_sizes.py
- - CMakeLists.txt
  - common.hpp
  - exponential.hpp
  - ext.hpp
  - fwd.hpp
  - geometric.hpp
  - glm.hpp
  - integer.hpp
  - mat2x2.hpp
  - mat2x3.hpp
  - mat2x4.hpp
  - mat3x2.hpp
  - mat3x3.hpp
  - mat3x4.hpp
  - mat4x2.hpp
  - mat4x3.hpp
  - mat4x4.hpp
  - matrix.hpp
  - packing.hpp
  - trigonometric.hpp
  - vec2.hpp
  - vec3.hpp
  - vec4.hpp
  - vector_relational.hpp
- - nanoflann.hpp
- - octree.cpp
  - octree.h
- blue_noise.png
- __init__.py
- _mesh_io.py
- _mesh_primitives.py
- _point_cloud_geometry.py
- _pointcloud_normals.py
- _ray_mesh_intersector.py
- _ray_point_cloud_intersector.py
- _sinkhorn.py
- _voxels.py
- - common.h
  - embree_intersector.cpp
  - embree_intersector.h
  - geogram_utils.cpp
  - geogram_utils.h
  - morton_code.cpp
  - morton_code.h
  - numpy_utils.h
  - obj_loader.h
  - off_loader.h
  - ply_loader.h
  - stl_loader.h
  - strutil.h
  - tribox.h
- adjacency_list.cpp
- closest_point_on_mesh.cpp
- connected_components.cpp
- curvature.cpp
- face_areas.cpp
- fast_winding_numbers.cpp
- flood_fill_3d.cpp
- lloyd.cpp
- manifold.cpp
- marching_cubes.cpp
- mesh_decimate.cpp
- mesh_for_voxels.cpp
- mesh_normals.cpp
- meshio.cpp
- misc.cpp
- morton.cpp
- octree.cpp
- orient_mesh_faces.cpp
- point_areas.cpp
- point_cloud_distance.cpp
- point_cloud_normals.cpp
- ray_mesh_intersection.cpp
- ray_point_cloud_intersection.cpp
- remove_duplicates.cpp
- remove_mesh_vertices.cpp
- remove_unreferenced_mesh_vertices.cpp
- sample_mesh.cpp
- sample_point_cloud.cpp
- signed_distance.cpp
- smooth.cpp
- sparse_voxel_grid.cpp
- voronoi.cpp
- voxelize_triangle_mesh.cpp
- __init__.py
- CMakeLists.txt
- test_examples.py
- _octree.py
- _sparse_voxels.py
.gitignore
CMakeLists.txt
LICENSE
pyproject.toml
README.md
setup.py

🚀 Installation Guide

1. Get the code

git clone https://github.com/fwilliams/point-cloud-utils

Downloads the entire project code from GitHub to your computer.

cd point-cloud-utils

Moves into the project folder you just downloaded.

2. Official Install Script

Easy Recommended

Prerequisites

Python 3 Python is required to use pip.

pip install point-cloud-utils

Installs the package published on PyPI directly — no need to clone the source.

pip install git+git://github.com/fwilliams/point-cloud-utils

Installs the package published on PyPI directly — no need to clone the source.

✅ After installing, open a new terminal and run the program's version command (e.g. --version) to confirm it worked.

Pulled directly from this repo's README.

3. CMake

Medium

Prerequisites

Git Needed to download the project code from GitHub.
CMake The tool used to generate build configuration.
C/C++ 컴파일러 Windows needs Visual Studio (Community edition, free), macOS needs Xcode Command Line Tools, Linux needs the gcc/g++ package.

mkdir build && cd build

Creates a folder to hold the build output and moves into it.

cmake ..

Analyzes the source code and generates build configuration files (must be run inside the build folder).

make

Compiles the code based on the generated build configuration to produce an executable.

✅ Check that an executable was created inside the build folder, then run it directly (e.g. ./build/app_name).

4. Python

Easy

Prerequisites

Git Needed to download the project code from GitHub.
Python 3 On Windows, be sure to check 'Add Python to PATH' during installation.

pip install point-cloud-utils

Installs the package published on PyPI directly — no need to clone the source.

pip install git+git://github.com/fwilliams/point-cloud-utils

Installs the package published on PyPI directly — no need to clone the source.

✅ If it runs without errors and prints output in the terminal, it worked.

Pulled directly from this repo's README.