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<p>Created page with &quot;= Menu = This tool is accessible via the &#039;Tools &gt; Fit &gt; Sphere&#039; menu. = Description = This tool fits a sphere on a cloud. = Procedure = Select one or several point clouds...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>= Menu =<br /> <br /> This tool is accessible via the &#039;Tools &gt; Fit &gt; Sphere&#039; menu.<br /> <br /> = Description =<br /> <br /> This tool fits a sphere on a cloud.<br /> <br /> = Procedure =<br /> <br /> Select one or several point clouds then launch this tool.<br /> <br /> CloudCompare will fit a sphere primitive on each cloud (the radius will be detected automatically).<br /> <br /> [[Image:Cc_fit_sphere.jpg|frame|center|Fitted sphere]]<br /> <br /> <br /> In the console the following pieces of information will be output:<br /> * center (&#039;&#039;can also be found as the center of the sphere bounding-box in the sphere entity properties&#039;&#039;)<br /> * radius (&#039;&#039;can also be found in the sphere entity properties&#039;&#039;)<br /> * sphere fitting [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_mean_square RMS] (&#039;&#039;is recalled in the default sphere entity name&#039;&#039;)<br /> <br /> Note: theoretically the sphere fitting algorithm can handle up to 50% outliers.</div>

Daniel