XYZ to PCD

[arunavanag]

I have a dense (few million points) point cloud, and i have it stored in .xyz normal x normal y normal z format. I wish to convert this to .pcd file. I read that I can use the PCL plugin cloudcompare for the mentioned operation. However in my Cloud compare I dont have pcl plugin. I have attached a screenshot of that. I could not find the plugin as well. Kindly if some one can help? I need the .pcd files for my research purpose.

[daniel]

What version are you using?

On Windows you may have to use the 2.6.2 version (as the beta version is not always compiled with PCL).

[arunavanag]

Hello Daniel,

I am using Ubuntu 14.04. The version I am using is Version: 2.6.0 [Linux 64 bits].

[daniel]

Then you should use the latest 2.6.3 that was published by Romain Janvier recently (see the website).

[arunavanag]

I have installed 2.6.3 now, but I still dont have the PCL plugin. I have more plugins but not the one I want .

[daniel]

Hum, I must have missed something with the latest Linux integration... Then you'll have to compile CC yourself with PCL support (or use the Windows version ;).

[arunavanag]

Are there guidelines provided somewhere how to compile CC myself with PCL support? Sorry I am unaware of this process.

[daniel]

You have to follow these guidelines:
http://www.cloudcompare.org/doc/wiki/in ... ompilation

And for PCL specifically, you'd better found a PCL distribution (if any). Otherwise you'll have to compile it too.