Can CloudCompare Be Integrated with Visual Studio for Automation?

[riceadam]

Hi,
I’ve recently started working with CloudCompare and find it to be a very powerful and helpful tool. Since I’m still a beginner, I’m trying to understand how it can be extended or automated.
I usually rely on APIs to interact with Windows applications and automate workflows. With that in mind, I’m wondering whether it’s possible to control or access CloudCompare from within Visual Studio.
Does CloudCompare provide an interface or API that can be used from Visual Studio, or is the recommended approach to use command-line execution? If the command line is the main option, how would that typically be set up and used in a Visual Studio project?
Thanks,

[daniel]

Hum, when you say Visual Studio, is it for C# or C++?

Because if it's C++, then you can link your project with the libraries that compose CloudCompare. And of course you can also open the full project and update/extend it (as long as you comply with the GPL library ;).

Otherwise, I don't see many other options: command line as you said, or the Python wrapper (CloudCompy).