Point Cloud Library (PCL)
1.12.0
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/**
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\addtogroup visualization Module visualization
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\section secVisualizationPresentation Overview
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The <b>pcl_visualization</b> library was built for the purpose of being able to quickly prototype and visualize the
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results of algorithms operating on 3D point cloud data. Similar to OpenCV's <b>highgui</b> routines for displaying
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2D images and for drawing basic 2D shapes on screen, the library offers:
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<ul>
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<li> methods for rendering and setting visual properties (colors, point sizes, opacity, etc) for any n-D point cloud
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datasets in pcl::PointCloud<T> format;
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\image html http://www.pointclouds.org/documentation/overview/_images/bunny.jpg
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<li> methods for drawing basic 3D shapes on screen (e.g., cylinders, spheres,lines, polygons, etc) either from sets
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of points or from parametric equations;
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\image html http://www.pointclouds.org/documentation/overview/_images/shapes.jpg
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<li> a histogram visualization module (PCLHistogramVisualizer) for 2D plots;
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\image html http://www.pointclouds.org/documentation/overview/_images/histogram.jpg
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<li> a multitude of Geometry and Color handler for pcl::PointCloud<T> datasets;
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\image html http://www.pointclouds.org/documentation/overview/_images/normals.jpg
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\image html http://www.pointclouds.org/documentation/overview/_images/pcs.jpg
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<li> a pcl::RangeImage visualization module.
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\image html http://www.pointclouds.org/documentation/overview/_images/range_image.jpg
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</ul>
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The package makes use of the VTK library for 3D rendering for range image and 2D operations.
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For implementing your own visualizers, take a look at the tests and examples accompanying the library.
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\section secVisualizationRequirements Requirements
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- \ref common "common"
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- VTK
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- \ref io "io"
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- \ref kdtree "kdtree"
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- \ref pcl::RangeImage "RangeImage"
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*/