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Hi Daniel and Hi Everyone,

I have been using the "Tools > Distances > Cloud/Mesh Distance" in CloudCompare to compare a single Mesh with a Point Cloud entity.

I am wondering if it is possible to calculate cloud distances for multiple (entities) meshes with a point cloud (pls see the attached file) in Cloud Compare either at the same time or sequentially. In a comment from 2015, you mentioned that this was not possible at that time, but was on the TODO list for future releases (https://danielgm.net/cc/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1008). Has there been any progress or solutions since then?

Or do you have a suggestion for an open-source alternative?

Thank you very much!
Best regards,
Mustafi

Hi,

It is still not possible to select multiple meshes and one cloud. But it is possible to 'merge' the meshes (Edit > Merge) and then compute the distance from the cloud to the 'merged' entity. The result should be the same.

Hi Daniel,

Thank you for your reply:)

I used to use 'merge'. Now I have the confirmation that CC cannot calculate the distance for multiple entities yet.

Mustafi