PCofVL
by Tim C. Lueth, SG-Lib Toolbox: SolidGeometry 5.6 - VL/Vertices/PC/Clouds
Introduced first in SolidGeometry 4.3, Creation date: 2018-10-02, Last change: 2025-09-14
returns a points cloud including NL from Vertex List
See Also: PCofVL
, PCplot
, PCfindplanes
Example Illustration
Syntax
pc=PCofVL(VL)
Input Parameter
Output Parameter
pc: | | point cloud including normals |
Examples
loadweb ('AAruffo_surf.mat'); pc=PCofVL(SG1.VL);
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Algorithm (Workflow)
This algorithm is a MATLAB function named PCofVL that converts a vertex list into a point cloud with normals. It is part of the SolidGeometry library and was introduced in version 4.3.
Input Parameters
- VL: A vertex list, which is an array of points in 3D space.
Output Results
- pc: A point cloud object that includes normals calculated for each point.
Algorithm Steps
- Create a point cloud object from the vertex list
VL using the pointCloud function.
- Calculate the normals for the point cloud using the
pcnormals function with a neighborhood size of 6.
- If no output is requested (i.e.,
nargout == 0), perform the following actions:
- Create a new figure using
SGfigure.
- Set the view angle to (-30, 30) using the
view function.
- Plot the locations of the point cloud in red using the
VLplot function.
The function is designed to be used with other functions in the SolidGeometry library, such as PCplot and PCfindplanes.
Algorithm explaination created using ChatGPT on 2025-08-18 22:30. (Please note: No guarantee for the correctness of this explanation)
Last html export of this page out of FM database by TL: 2025-09-21