extruding 2D point cloud into a 3D rectangular box

[ali]

Hello,

I have a 2D point cloud that represents the base plane of buildings which intersects with the ground. I need to extrude this plane into 3D.

One straightforward approach, is to write a script that replicates this 2D plane at different élévations, z, in the 3D space. This would lead to a discretized 3D object.

My problem:

Since I am new to CloudCompare, I want to know if there is an tool to extrude 2D planes into 3D rectangular boxes. This would be exactly like the extrude feature in SOLIDWORKS or other CAD software.


PS: I have found the "Primitive factory" tool, however, it seems that is only capable of creating 3d primitives at a certain 3D position and not extrude 2D planes into 3D primitives - unless there is some options of which I am not aware!

Thanks in adavnce,
Ali

[daniel]

Nope, this option doesn't exist indeed. CloudCompare is mainly a 3D point cloud processing tool, and such features are a little bit out of scope. Of course, as it's an open-source tool, anyone can add new features ;)