Pointcloud Tools

Overview

Pointcloud Tools adds pointcloud processing commands to the 3D View Object menu under Pointclouds, and an edit-mode pointcloud menu for mesh cleanup. It is designed to work with pointclouds stored as mesh objects with vertices and no faces.

Object Mode Tools

Trim Pointcloud (keep inside)

Keeps pointcloud points inside selected trim mesh bounds.

Trim Pointcloud (keep outside)

Keeps pointcloud points outside selected trim mesh bounds.

Generate 2.5D Mesh from Pointcloud

Builds a terrain-like triangulated surface from pointcloud XY positions and Z heights.

Generate 3D Mesh from Pointcloud

Uses 3D reconstruction settings to create a surface mesh from pointcloud points.

Generate Texture from Pointcloud Color

Transfers pointcloud colors to a selected mesh and generates an image texture.

Drape Terrain Over Pointcloud

Moves mesh vertices onto nearby pointcloud elevations.

Select Off-Plane Points

Selects pointcloud points that differ from a reference mesh surface by a fixed threshold.

Edit Mode Tool

Shave Peaks

For selected mesh vertices, replaces peak heights with an average of neighboring unselected vertex heights.

Generated Mesh Options

• 2.5D mesh generation includes denoising, smoothness, neighborhood radius, outlier threshold, triangulation epsilon, and beautify iterations.
• 3D mesh generation includes normal estimation, normal orientation, Poisson depth/scale, density cleanup, smoothing, and optional triangulation.
• Texture generation includes texture size, automatic UV unwrapping, UV margin, and edge padding.

Basic Usage

1. Select the pointcloud and any reference mesh or trim mesh required by the chosen command.
2. Open Object > Pointclouds in the 3D View.
3. Choose the processing command and adjust any dialog options.
4. Review the generated mesh, texture, or edited pointcloud result.

Permissions

No special permissions are declared in the extension manifest.