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Hi!

I am looking for a solution to export 2d tiff visualizing the powerline along its route. Obviously the line does not run on a stright path, but I need to visualize legs of a certain length (i.e. 500 meters or 1km).

Is there an workflow allowing to "unroll" the cloud along the centerline of the tower and lines (i.e. imported as a shapefile) just like in case of a cylinder or other primitive?

Well, the 'Section extraction / unfold' tool may be able to help: see https://www.cloudcompare.org/doc/wiki/i ... a_polyline

You can either import or draw a polyline, and then 'unroll/unfold' the cloud.

Thanks Daniel!

It works! I need to tame it but works.

BTW: when generating raster I've encountered weird thing. Z axis view looks great, X as well, but when trying to export along Y axis cloud - kind of - changes rotation, from horizontal to vertical. I know, this is how it should be, but is there any trick allowing to avoid necessity rotating the cloud to get proper orientation before hitting start button to rasterize?

Ah no, sadly the rotation is kind of built-in...