# mplane-plugin

**Repository Path**: usbwc/mplane-plugin

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: mplane-plugin
- **Description**: No description available
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: GPL-2.0
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2021-12-19
- **Last Updated**: 2021-12-19

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## README

![GitHub Logo](./images/logo.png)

# MPlane Plugin
**MPlane** is a plugin for [CloudCompare](https://github.com/CloudCompare/CloudCompare) to perform normal distance measurements against a defined plane.

## Basic workflow
1.  Fit a plane through a point cloud by selecting at minimum 3 reference points. A scalarfield for visualizing the normal distance is created and applied automatically.

![GitHub Logo](./images/screencast_fit_plane.gif)

2.  Perform normal distance measurements against the plane.

![GitHub Logo](./images/screencast_measure.gif)

3.  Save measurements as a .csv file.  
 
    CSV Header | Explanation
    ------------ | -------------  
    measurement | The name of the measurement point
    x-coord | x coordinate of the measurement point
    y-coord | y coordinate of the measurement point
    z-coord | z coordinate of the measurement point
    distance | Normal distance from the measurement point to the plane

## Copyright
AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH  
[https://www.ait.ac.at/](https://www.ait.ac.at/)