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Is it possible to translate .las files to .pcd with PDAL? If so, using which tool? I need an example about how to set the command-line with such tool.
If it is not possible (or alternatively), is there other open source software that can translate .las to .pcd?
The PDAL PCD Writer can write .pcd files. For it to work, you must have linked the PCL libraries at compile time. The PDAL OSGeo4W build does not have PCL support. If you are unable to build PDAL with PCL support yourself, one possibility is to use PDAL's Docker containers to achieve your task -- those have PCL linked.
Then, simply run pdal translate:
Using your own PDAL build with PCL linked:
pdal translate input.las output.pcd
With Docker:
docker run -v /c/Users/hobu/:/data pdal/pdal:1.5 ^
pdal translate /data/input.las /data/output.pcd
As commented here, if you get error:
PDAL: Couldn't create writer stage of type writers.pcd
Basically it says, there is no PCL plugin. Hence, you should show library or rebuild PDAL with PCL plugin option to check for build.
First check,
pdal --drivers
There must exist writers.pcd Write data in the Point Cloud Library (PCL) format.
If the plugin does not exist, you should follow this: https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/issues/1837. And also read the FAQ.
