Point Cloud Library (PCL)  1.12.0
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1 /**
2  \addtogroup visualization Module visualization
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4  \section secVisualizationPresentation Overview
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6  The <b>pcl_visualization</b> library was built for the purpose of being able to quickly prototype and visualize the
7  results of algorithms operating on 3D point cloud data. Similar to OpenCV's <b>highgui</b> routines for displaying
8  2D images and for drawing basic 2D shapes on screen, the library offers:
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10  <ul>
11  <li> methods for rendering and setting visual properties (colors, point sizes, opacity, etc) for any n-D point cloud
12  datasets in pcl::PointCloud<T> format;
13  \image html http://www.pointclouds.org/documentation/overview/_images/bunny.jpg
14  <li> methods for drawing basic 3D shapes on screen (e.g., cylinders, spheres,lines, polygons, etc) either from sets
15  of points or from parametric equations;
16  \image html http://www.pointclouds.org/documentation/overview/_images/shapes.jpg
17  <li> a histogram visualization module (PCLHistogramVisualizer) for 2D plots;
18  \image html http://www.pointclouds.org/documentation/overview/_images/histogram.jpg
19  <li> a multitude of Geometry and Color handler for pcl::PointCloud<T> datasets;
20  \image html http://www.pointclouds.org/documentation/overview/_images/normals.jpg
21  \image html http://www.pointclouds.org/documentation/overview/_images/pcs.jpg
22  <li> a pcl::RangeImage visualization module.
23  \image html http://www.pointclouds.org/documentation/overview/_images/range_image.jpg
24  </ul>
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26  The package makes use of the VTK library for 3D rendering for range image and 2D operations.
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28  For implementing your own visualizers, take a look at the tests and examples accompanying the library.
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30  \section secVisualizationRequirements Requirements
31  - \ref common "common"
32  - VTK
33  - \ref io "io"
34  - \ref kdtree "kdtree"
35  - \ref pcl::RangeImage "RangeImage"
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37 */