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Agisoft Metashape => Feature Requests => Topic started by: Guillaume on August 09, 2013, 10:07:14 AM

Title: Export Points
Post by: Guillaume on August 09, 2013, 10:07:14 AM
Hi,

Sorry for my noob question.
What is the "point normals" option on Export Points ?

Thanks
Title: Re: Export Points
Post by: James on August 09, 2013, 04:11:17 PM
a 3d vector describing the orientation of the surface at that point. i.e. for a ground surface the normal will be pointing straight up.
Title: Re: Export Points
Post by: Guillaume on August 09, 2013, 05:11:15 PM
On a plane or area I understand but I do not see how it can be applied to a point
Title: Re: Export Points
Post by: Alexey Pasumansky on August 09, 2013, 05:18:27 PM
Hello Guillaume,

For sparse point cloud point normal is an average vector for vectors connecting this point and camera it is visible from.