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Thanks for the reply Daniel and for clarifying how the curvature is calculated. I'm still not sure what the returned curvature value actually is. In the formula you listed by is the returned value Z? I guess the X and Y in the formula are the X and Y coordinates?

Hello,

I was using the latest version (v2.5.4) in 32 bit on windows. However, I have downloaded and installed the 64 bit version and I am now able to load the las files into Cloud Compare.

Thanks for your help,

Andrew

I have downloaded the latest version of Cloud Compare after the error that was noted in the curvature calculation, but now it appears not to load my las files. Mainly the software crashes and has to be closed but one time I did get an error message saying that the file did not have read access. Thes...

Thanks daniel, Just wondering as well if you could tell me what the curvature value actually means? I have computed it over several point cloud but it has not given me the answer that I would be expected. I understand curvature is trying to fit a quadratic to the point but does the returned value ac...

Hello,

I was just wondering if anybody knew the units used for a search radius. I am using Cloud Compare to calculate the curvature and roughness of a point cloud but I wondered what the units of the search radius are. If I set this to 1 is this 1 metre or something different.

Thanks,
Andrew