PCL_TRANSFORM_POINT_CLOUD(1)

💖 pcl_transform_point_cloud(1) — a User Commands moment 💖

okay bestie, come sit with me, we're doing point cloud glow-ups today ✨ this one lives in the User Commands section of your manual, and it's literally called pcl_transform_point_cloud. say it with me, it's giving main character energy 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

pcl_transform_point_cloud — yeah that's it, that's the name, no notes, it's iconic like that 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so the syntax, the whole vibe, is literally this:

pcl_transform_point_cloud input.pcd output.pcd <options>

it transforms a cloud. that's the whole job. and if you wanna know more (and you do, bestie, you're nosy like me and I love that), just hit:

pcl_transform_point_cloud -h

and here's where the options live 👇 these are the little guys you can pass:

• -trans dx,dy,dz — the translation, aka the scoot. slide it around in x, y and z. default is 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, so by default it does absolutely nothing and just vibes in place 🫶
• -quat w,x,y,z — rotation, but make it a quaternion. four lil numbers, that's the whole fit 💫
• -axisangle ax,ay,az,theta — rotation in axis-angle form. axis plus an angle, periodt 🔥
• -scale x,y,z — scale each dimension with these values. stretch, squeeze, whatever the aesthetic calls for 🧚
• -matrix v1,v2,...,v8,v9 — a 3x3 affine transform. nine values, tiny matrix, big dreams ✨
• -matrix v1,v2,...,v15,v16 — a 4x4 transformation matrix. sixteen values, the full grid, she's doing the most 💖

🚨 note, bestie, listen up: if a rotation is not specified, it will default to no rotation. so if you forgot, nothing spins, no drama, no surprise twirls 😌

and if you specify redundant or conflicting transforms? then here's the hierarchy, the pecking order, the group chat admin list 👑:

• -axisangle will override -quat
• -matrix (3x3) will take override -axisangle and -quat
• -matrix (4x4) will take override all other arguments

so basically 4x4 is the final boss and whatever she says goes, no cap 💀

🎀 AUTHOR 🎀

pcl_transform_point_cloud is part of Point Cloud Library (PCL) — www.pointclouds.org 🌈

and real talk, the Point Cloud Library (PCL) is a standalone, large scale, open project for 2D/3D image and point cloud processing. like, huge. enormous. iconic behavior 💜

this manual page was written by Leopold Palomo-Avellaneda <leo@alaxarxa.net> with the help of the help2man tool and some handmade arrangement for the Debian project (and may be used by others). shoutout Leopold, doing the lord's work 🙏

okay that's the whole page, you're officially educated, go forth and transform some clouds 🦋

signing off: pcl_transform_point_cloud version 1.7.1, dated May 2014, from the PCL_TRANSFORM_POINT_CLOUD(1) family — mwah, love you, bye 💖💅