update help output, add browse plugins folder, #BUILD beta

Author: unitycoder

MainWindow.xaml

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
         xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
         xmlns:local="clr-namespace:PointCloudConverter"
         mc:Ignorable="d"
-        Title="PointCloudConverter" Height="720" Width="907" Background="#FF252222" Closing="Window_Closing" Loaded="Window_Loaded">
+        Title="PointCloudConverter" Height="720" Width="907" Background="#FF252222" Closing="Window_Closing" Loaded="Window_Loaded" MinWidth="920">
     <Grid Margin="0,0,2,0">
         <Button x:Name="btnBrowseInput" Content="..." HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="636,48,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="32" Height="23" Click="btnBrowseInput_Click" ToolTip="Browse for input file"/>
         <TextBox x:Name="txtInputFile" HorizontalAlignment="Left" AllowDrop="True" Height="23" Margin="20,48,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="611" PreviewDrop="txtInputFile_Drop" PreviewDragOver="txtInputFile_DragEnter"/>
@@ -14,10 +14,11 @@
         <Button x:Name="btnBrowseOutput" Content="..." HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="636,114,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="32" Height="23" Click="btnBrowseOutput_Click" ToolTip="Browse for output file"/>
         <TextBox x:Name="txtOutput" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="23" Margin="20,114,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="611"/>
         <Label x:Name="label_Copy" Content="Output:" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="20,88,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Foreground="{DynamicResource MainText}"/>
-        <ComboBox x:Name="cmbExportFormat" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="719,114,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="163" IsReadOnly="True" SelectionChanged="cmbExportFormat_SelectionChanged"/>
-        <Label x:Name="label_Copy1" Content="Export format:&#xD;&#xA;" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="719,88,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Foreground="{DynamicResource MainText}" Height="26"/>
-        <ComboBox x:Name="cmbImportFormat" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="719,48,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="163" IsReadOnly="True"/>
-        <Label x:Name="label_Copy2" Content="Import format:&#xA;" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="719,22,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Foreground="{DynamicResource MainText}" Height="26"/>
+        <Label x:Name="label_Copy2" Content="Import format:&#xA;" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="710,22,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Foreground="{DynamicResource MainText}" Height="26"/>
+        <ComboBox x:Name="cmbImportFormat" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="710,48,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="163" IsReadOnly="True"/>
+        <Label x:Name="label_Copy1" Content="Export format:&#xD;&#xA;" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="710,88,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Foreground="{DynamicResource MainText}" Height="26"/>
+        <ComboBox x:Name="cmbExportFormat" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="710,114,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="163" IsReadOnly="True" SelectionChanged="cmbExportFormat_SelectionChanged"/>
+        <Button x:Name="btnPlugins" Content=".." HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top" ToolTip="Browse plugins folder" Margin="882,115,0,0" Width="16" Click="btnPlugins_Click"/>
 
         <TextBox x:Name="txtConsole" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="53" Margin="10,603,0,0" TextWrapping="Wrap" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="877" IsReadOnly="True" UndoLimit="1" Background="#FF404040" BorderBrush="{x:Null}" Foreground="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.ControlDarkBrushKey}}"/>
 
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@
 
         <Button x:Name="btnImportSettings" Content="Import Settings" ToolTip="Import settings from text file" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="239,514,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="104" Height="29" Click="btnImportSettings_Click"/>
         <Button x:Name="btnExportSettings" Content="Export Settings" ToolTip="Export settings to text file" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="345,514,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="104" Height="29" Click="btnExportSettings_Click"/>
-        
+
         <Button x:Name="btnGetParams" Content="Get Commandline params" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="12,514,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="214" Height="58" Click="btnGetParams_Click"/>
         <!--global options-->
         <GroupBox x:Name="groupBoxGlobal" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Header="Global Options" Margin="16,153,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" BorderBrush="#FF737373" BorderThickness="0.2,0.2,0.2,0.2" Foreground="White">
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@
                     </StackPanel>
                     <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
                         <CheckBox x:Name="chkAutoOffset" Content="Auto-Offset, mode:" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top" Foreground="{DynamicResource MainText}" IsChecked="True" ToolTip="Auto-offsets cloud near 0,0,0 by using bounds min. as offset" Checked="chkAutoOffset_Checked"/>
-                         <TextBox x:Name="txtOffsetMode" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="0" TextWrapping="Wrap" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="45" Text="min" MaxLines="1" ToolTip="Legacy=first cloud min bounds, Min=All clouds min bounds" />
+                        <TextBox x:Name="txtOffsetMode" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="0" TextWrapping="Wrap" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="45" Text="min" MaxLines="1" ToolTip="Take automatic offset value from, Legacy=first cloud min bounds, Min=All clouds min bounds" />
                     </StackPanel>
                     <StackPanel Orientation="Vertical">
                         <CheckBox x:Name="chkManualOffset" Content="Manual Offset" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top" Foreground="{DynamicResource MainText}" IsChecked="True" ToolTip="Add offset to all points (After Auto-Offset and Flip, if those are enabled)" Checked="chkManualOffset_Checked"/>
@@ -129,11 +130,6 @@
         <!--v3 options-->
         <GroupBox x:Name="groupBoxV3" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Header="V3 (.pcroot) Options" Margin="0,245,10,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="276" BorderBrush="#FF737373" BorderThickness="0.2,0.2,0.2,0.2" Foreground="White">
             <StackPanel Margin="0,4,0,0">
-                <StackPanel HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top" Orientation="Horizontal">
-                    <Label x:Name="label_Copy11" Content="Grid size:" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Foreground="{DynamicResource MainText}"/>
-                    <TextBox x:Name="txtGridSize" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="0" TextWrapping="Wrap" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="40" Text="10" ToolTip="Gridsize in meters, splits cloud into tiles with this size. v3 only!"/>
-                    <Label x:Name="label_Copy12" Content="m" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Foreground="{DynamicResource MainText}"/>
-                </StackPanel>
                 <StackPanel HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top" Orientation="Horizontal">
                     <CheckBox x:Name="chkUseMinPointCount" Content="Minimum point count per tile:" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top" Foreground="{DynamicResource MainText}" ToolTip="If tile has less points than this value, its discarded. Good for removing straypoints. v3 only!"/>
                     <TextBox x:Name="txtMinPointCount" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="0" TextWrapping="Wrap" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="40" Text="1000"/>
@@ -144,12 +140,24 @@
                 <CheckBox x:Name="chkGetAvgTileTimestamp" Content="Get Average timestamp per Tile" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top" Foreground="{DynamicResource MainText}" IsChecked="False" ToolTip="Experimental: Calculate average raw gps_time from tile points and save into pcroot"/>
                 <CheckBox x:Name="chkCalculateOverlappingTiles" Content="Calculate overlapping tiles" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top" Foreground="{DynamicResource MainText}" IsChecked="False" ToolTip="Experimental: Save additional overlapped tile data into pcroot (if tile overlaps another tile)"/>
             </StackPanel>
-        </GroupBox>        
-        
+        </GroupBox>
+
+        <!-- shared options -->
+        <GroupBox x:Name="groupBoxShared" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Header="Shared Options" Margin="0,336,10,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="276" BorderBrush="#FF737373" BorderThickness="0.2,0.2,0.2,0.2" Foreground="White">
+            <StackPanel Margin="0,4,0,0">
+                <StackPanel HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top" Orientation="Horizontal">
+                    <Label x:Name="label_Copy11" Content="Grid size:" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Foreground="{DynamicResource MainText}"/>
+                    <TextBox x:Name="txtGridSize" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="0" TextWrapping="Wrap" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="40" Text="10" ToolTip="Gridsize in meters, splits cloud into tiles with this size. For v3 and plugins"/>
+                    <Label x:Name="label_Copy12" Content="m" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Foreground="{DynamicResource MainText}"/>
+                </StackPanel>
+
+            </StackPanel>
+        </GroupBox>
+
         <!-- gltf options -->
-        <GroupBox x:Name="groupBoxGLTF" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Header="GLTF (.glb) Options" Margin="0,365,10,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="276" BorderBrush="#FF737373" BorderThickness="0.2,0.2,0.2,0.2" Foreground="White">
+        <GroupBox x:Name="groupBoxGLTF" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Header="GLTF (.glb) Options" Margin="0,408,10,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="276" BorderBrush="#FF737373" BorderThickness="0.2,0.2,0.2,0.2" Foreground="White">
             <StackPanel Margin="0,4,0,0">
-                <CheckBox x:Name="chkUseGrid" Content="Use grid (split to grid)" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top" Foreground="{DynamicResource MainText}" IsChecked="False" ToolTip="If disabled, 1 cloud is exported to single .glb file. If enabled: 1 tile is 1 .glb file"/>
+                <CheckBox x:Name="chkUseGrid" Content="Use grid (split to grid)" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top" Foreground="{DynamicResource MainText}" IsChecked="False" ToolTip="If disabled: LAZ file(s) are exported as single GLB file. If enabled: LAZ file(s) are split into multiple GLB files"/>
             </StackPanel>
         </GroupBox>
 

MainWindow.xaml.cs

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ namespace PointCloudConverter
 {
     public partial class MainWindow : Window
     {
-        static readonly string version = "24.09.2024";
+        static readonly string version = "21.10.2024";
         static readonly string appname = "PointCloud Converter - " + version;
         static readonly string rootFolder = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory;
 
@@ -1052,7 +1052,7 @@ void StartProcess(bool doProcess = true)
             args.Add("-intensity=" + (bool)chkImportIntensity.IsChecked);
 
             bool isPCROOT = (cmbExportFormat.SelectedItem.ToString() == "PCROOT");
-            bool isGLTF = (cmbExportFormat.SelectedItem.ToString() == "GLTF");
+            bool isGLTF = (cmbExportFormat.SelectedItem.ToString().ToUpper() == "GLTF" || cmbExportFormat.SelectedItem.ToString().ToUpper() == "GLB");
             // cmbExportFormat.SelectedItem?.ToString()?.ToUpper()?.Contains("PCROOT")
 
             if (isPCROOT == true) args.Add("-gridsize=" + txtGridSize.Text);
@@ -1742,6 +1742,15 @@ private void btnExportSettings_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
             }
         }
 
-
+        private void btnPlugins_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
+        {
+            // open plugins folder in explorer at location of this exe
+            var pluginsFolder = Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "plugins");
+            if (Directory.Exists(pluginsFolder) == false)
+            {
+                Directory.CreateDirectory(pluginsFolder);
+            }
+            Process.Start(new ProcessStartInfo("explorer.exe", pluginsFolder));
+        }
     } // class
 } // namespace

Structs/ImportSettings.cs

@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ public void ReleaseReader(int? taskId)
         public bool importMetadataOnly { get; set; } = false;
         public bool averageTimestamp { get; set; } = false; // calculate average timestamp for all points for this tile
         public bool checkoverlap { get; set; } = false; // check if tile overlaps with other tiles (save into pcroot)
-        public bool useGrid { get; set; } = true; // required for PCROOT format
+        public bool useGrid { get; set; } = false; // required for PCROOT format (will be automatically enabled for v3)
         public string offsetMode { get; set; } = "min"; // TODO use enum: "min" or "legacy" now (legacy is first bounds min only)
 
         public override string ToString()

Tools/Tools.cs

@@ -291,11 +291,13 @@ public static void PrintHelpAndExit(char argSeparator, bool waitEnter = false)
             Console.WriteLine("-randomize" + argSeparator + "true\t\tRandomize point indexes, to use Dynamic resolution\tDefault is true (Always enabled for v3)");
             Console.WriteLine("-seed" + argSeparator + "42\t\tSet random seed\tDefault is some random value");
             Console.WriteLine("-json" + argSeparator + "false\t\tOutput console log in JSON format\tDefault is false");
-            Console.WriteLine("-customintensityrange" + argSeparator + "false\t\tCustom intensity range (0-65535)\tDefault is false");
+            Console.WriteLine("-customintensityrange" + argSeparator + "false\t\tUse custom intensity range (0-65535) instead of 0-255\tDefault is false");
             Console.WriteLine("-metadata" + argSeparator + "false\t\tRead metadata from header, outputs into json file\tDefault is false");
             Console.WriteLine("-metadataonly" + argSeparator + "false\t\tRead metadata only (dont process points)\tDefault is false");
             Console.WriteLine("-averagetimestamp" + argSeparator + "false\t\tGet Average timestamp per Tile\tDefault is false");
             Console.WriteLine("-checkoverlap" + argSeparator + "false\t\tCalculate overlapping tiles\tDefault is false");
+            Console.WriteLine("-config" + argSeparator + "filename\t\tLoad arguments from text file (easier to handle separate settings for different projects)");
+            Console.WriteLine("-usegrid" + argSeparator + "true\t\tSplits point cloud to grid (multiple files). Required for V3 format (automatically enabled if its off). \tDefault is true for v3");
             Console.WriteLine("-offsetmode" + argSeparator + "min\t\tGet auto-offset bounds, min=min from all bounds, legacy= first cloud min bounds\tDefault is min");
             Console.WriteLine("");
             Console.WriteLine("? /? -? help -help /help");