I use a ToF (Time of Flight) camera to obtain depth data in XYZ format.
For visualization purpose as a 3D point cloud, I want to use the APIs provided by open source PCL mentioned at http://pointclouds.org/documentation/tutorials/pcl_visualizer.php
What is a good starter tutoarial example (.cpp) file to look at in order to construct a point cloud GUI running in a separate display thread ?
- Looks like you're not linking the PCL visualization lib file and probably others. Do this in the project properties > Linker > Input > Additional Dependencies. The path to your PCL lib directory should be specified in Project properties > VC++ Directories > Library Directories. At the same time the path to your PCL include directory should be specified in Project properties > VC++ Directories > Include Directories.
- PCL functions and types are templated on the point type. So you will use
pcl::PointXYZ as the point type for all functions.
- No. Yours will be more similar to the Simple Cloud Visualization example in the CloudViewer tutorial.
- You don't copy the PCL .h and .cpp files into your solution. You
#include the PCL headers that remain in their installed location, and you link in the PCL lib files, (see 1 above.)
- None. If the PCL bin/ directory is not in your $PATH then place the PCL .dlls alongside your .exe.
Make sure you match release libraries with a release build and debug libraries with a debug build. Make sure you're building either for Win32 or x64 depending on which pre-installed binary you installed.
