CloudCompare
CloudCompare is an open source tool for editing and processing dense 3D point clouds (such as those acquired with laser scanners).
The main purpose of CloudCompare on Puhti is to serve as a tool for visualizing point cloud data.
Available
The following versions of CloudCompare are available in Puhti:
- CloudCompare 2.12.4 for GPU partitions. Plugins: qEDL, qPDALIO, qAnimation and qPCV.
- CloudCompare 2.10.3 for CPU partitions with more plugins than the GPU version.
GPU version is faster, but consumes also a lot more billing units. Also queues to GPU partitions may be longer.
Usage
Both versions of CloudCompare are available in Puhti web interface.
GPU-accelerated CloudCompare
GPU-accelerated CloudCompare is available with Accelerated visualization app
Basic CloudCompare
Basic CloudCompare is available via Desktop app. After launching the remote desktop, double-click CloudCompare icon OR open Terminal (Desktop icon) and start CloudCompare:
License
CloudCompare is published under the GNU General Public License.
You are free to use CloudCompare for any purpose, including commercially or for education.
Citation
CloudCompare (version 2.10.3) [GPL software]. (2021). Retrieved from http://www.cloudcompare.org.
If you used a CloudCompare plugin, also cite the plugin authors.
Acknowledgement
Please acknowledge CSC and Geoportti in your publications, it is important for project continuation and funding reports. As an example, you can write "The authors wish to thank CSC - IT Center for Science, Finland (urn:nbn:fi:research-infras-2016072531) and the Open Geospatial Information Infrastructure for Research (Geoportti, urn:nbn:fi:research-infras-2016072513) for computational resources and support".
Installation
CloudCompare was installed to Puhti with Apptainer. The basic version was installed using this CloudCompare Apptainer definition file.