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daniel wrote:Is it a big cloud? And is it reproducible? If yes then I'm interested to see the cloud!

it is big and it's reproducible.

Edit->Mesh->Delaunay 2.5D (XY Plane) with Max edge length of 0.25

1.7 gig bin file. 830 compressed as 7z. I will PM you a link.

win64bit latest trunk as of today.

poolalloc is returning unreadable memory on the 3rd tri-angle

void maketriangle(struct mesh *m, struct behavior *b, struct otri *newotri)
{
int i;

newotri->tri = (triangle *) poolalloc(&m->triangles);
/* Initialize the three adjoining triangles to be "outer ...

But what concerns me more is that when you 'serially' register the scans 2 by 2 over a long distance you will propagate the registration error of each step.

This is so true!

And I can tell my scan operator wanted to go home, because there is less and less overlap as he worked around the track ...

Is there a way to region/poly select the overlap area for registration?

The cloud points are taken from different angles I have varying degrees of success with existing methods. I might just be doing it wrong. So any suggestions for workflow I'll take.

This is what I currently do.
-Load ptx A ...

"translate/rotate tool "
works on object that is selected in DB Tree. Even those that are unchecked/not visible. This for me is never desirable. Operation should only be performed on visible objects.

"aligns two clouds by picking"
I've zoomed the camera/view to exactly where I want it. I selected ...