This version is based on CloudCompare 2.13.2 (official release, July 8, 2024).

Built and tested on macOS SONOMA 14.7. Compatible with macOS 12.7 and later.

This application is self contained, signed and notarized. Please post issues on CloudComPy GitHub in case of problem.

Please read the installation instructions on GitLab or GitHub

CloudCompare works as it is (no specific environment). It is located in CloudComPy310/CloudCompare/CloudCompare.app and can be launched from the Finder.

CloudComPy needs a Python 3.10 configuration with at least the following packages, either with conda or not:

numpy
scipy
requests
psutils
matplotlib
quaternion
You can create an environment for CloudComPy with conda, from the terminal
(here, I chose to activate conda environment on demand: please adapt the instructions to your installation)
The following package list corresponds to the building environment, but you can adjust the list
(at least the above list):

conda activate
conda update -y -n base -c defaults conda

Create or  recreate your CloudComPy310 environment (a lot of changes since previous version):

conda create -y --name CloudComPy310 python=3.10
   # --- erase previous env with the same name if existing

Add or update the packages:

conda activate CloudComPy310
conda config --add channels conda-forge
conda config --set channel_priority flexible
conda install -y "boost=1.84" "cgal=5.6" cmake "draco=1.5" "ffmpeg=6.1" "gdal=3.8" jupyterlab laszip "matplotlib=3.9" "mysql=8" notebook numpy "opencv=4.8" "openssl=3.1" "pcl=1.14" "pdal=2.6" "psutil=6.0" pybind11 quaternion "qhull=2020.2" "qt=5.15.8" scipy sphinx_rtd_theme spyder tbb tbb-devel "xerces-c=3.2" xorg-libx11

Note: You may get an error message on a missing file in spyder, but this doesn't seem to be a problem.

This version brings the following features:

 - (issue #176) filterBySFValue does not support Meshes
 - (issue #177) Method to increase size of points within a cloud for improving rendering in file
 - (issue #179) How to SavePointCloud use ascii format?
 - (issue #183) Option to orient normal with custom camera point (see ccPointCloud::orientNormalsTowardViewPoint)
 - (issue #184) ICP with Normals
 - (issue #188) Docker instruction consistency for build
 - (issue #178) Visualisation using CloudComPy in CloudCompare: try to fix the behaviour on macOS
 - (issue #189) Fix macOS installation instructions
 - some small fixes.