How to Measure the Surface Area of a Point Cloud

In this video we walk you through how to measure the surface area of a portion of a point cloud using CloudCompare and Meshlab.

Overview of Steps:
1. Segment out target section of point cloud
2. Create mesh from 2D Polygon (facet) or Poisson Recon
3. Computer surface area using Meshlab

Download the EveryPoint app for iPhone 12 Pro or any iPad with a LiDAR sensor - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/everypo...

Download CloudCompare at https://cloudcompare.org/

Download MeshLab at https://www.meshlab.net/

---

More about EveryPoint

EveryPoint has been building spatial computing solutions at scale, ranging from rapid 3D processing of massive image datasets to global logistics and inventory management solutions. Now you can use EveryPoint to bring spatial computing to your applications and services.

Visit our website at https://everypoint.io/