add quotes to path with spaces fix #48, update help text

Author: unitycoder

MainWindow.xaml.cs

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ namespace PointCloudConverter
 {
     public partial class MainWindow : Window
     {
-        static readonly string version = "21.03.2025";
+        static readonly string version = "29.03.2025";
         static readonly string appname = "PointCloud Converter - " + version;
         static readonly string rootFolder = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory;
 
@@ -1083,7 +1083,14 @@ void StartProcess(bool doProcess = true)
             var args = new List<string>();
 
             // add enabled args to list, TODO use binding later?
-            args.Add("-input=" + txtInputFile.Text);
+            string inputFile = txtInputFile.Text;
+            string outputFile = txtOutput.Text;
+
+            // add quotes, if contains space in path
+            if (inputFile.Contains(" ")) inputFile = "\"" + inputFile + "\"";
+            if (outputFile.Contains(" ")) outputFile = "\"" + outputFile + "\"";
+
+            args.Add("-input=" + inputFile);
 
             if (cmbImportFormat.SelectedItem != null)
             {
@@ -1093,7 +1100,8 @@ void StartProcess(bool doProcess = true)
             {
                 args.Add("-exportformat=" + cmbExportFormat.SelectedItem.ToString());
             }
-            args.Add("-output=" + txtOutput.Text);
+
+            args.Add("-output=" + outputFile);
 
             // check if using autooffset
             //if ((bool)chkAutoOffset.IsChecked && !(bool)chkManualOffset.IsChecked)

Tools/ArgParser.cs

@@ -216,6 +216,9 @@ public static ImportSettings Parse(string[] args, string rootFolder, ILogger log
                             case "-input":
                                 Log.Write("input = " + param);
 
+                                // remove quotes (needed for paths with spaces)
+                                param = param.Trim('"');
+
                                 // if relative folder, FIXME this fails on -input="C:\asdf\etryj\folder\" -importformat=las because backslash in \", apparently this https://stackoverflow.com/a/9288040/5452781
                                 if (Path.IsPathRooted(param) == false)
                                 {
@@ -761,7 +764,7 @@ public static ImportSettings Parse(string[] args, string rootFolder, ILogger log
                                 if (filterDistValue == false || tempFloat <= 0f)
 
                                 {
-                                    importSettings.errors.Add("Invalid filter value: " + param);
+                                    importSettings.errors.Add("Invalid filter value (must be greater than 0) : " + param);
                                 }
                                 else
                                 {

Tools/Tools.cs

@@ -354,6 +354,7 @@ public static void PrintHelpAndExit(char argSeparator, bool waitEnter = false)
             Console.WriteLine("-output" + argSeparator + "yourfile.ucpc\t(Default is same folder as input file. For v3 you dont need to set file extension)");
             Console.WriteLine("-rgb" + argSeparator + "true or false\tReads RGB colors\tDefault is true");
             Console.WriteLine("-intensity" + argSeparator + "true or false\tReads Intensity as RGB color\tDefault is false");
+            Console.WriteLine("-classification" + argSeparator + "false\t\tImport classification data\tDefault is false");
             Console.WriteLine("-offset" + argSeparator + "true or false\tAuto-offsets cloud near 0,0,0 by using the first point as offset value\tDefault is true");
             Console.WriteLine("-gridsize" + argSeparator + "5\t\tGridsize in meters, splits cloud into tiles with this size. v3 only!\tDefault is 5, minimum is 0.1 (Note: values below 1 are not really tested)");
             Console.WriteLine("-minpoints" + argSeparator + "1000\t\tIf tile has less points than this value, its discarded. Good for removing straypoints. v3 only!\tDefault is 1000");
@@ -364,6 +365,7 @@ public static void PrintHelpAndExit(char argSeparator, bool waitEnter = false)
             Console.WriteLine("-limit" + argSeparator + "10000\t\tLoad only this many points (good for testing settings first)\tDefault is off");
             Console.WriteLine("-skip" + argSeparator + "0\t\t\tSkip every Nth point (For reducing point count)\tDefault is off");
             Console.WriteLine("-keep" + argSeparator + "0\t\t\tKeep only every Nth point (For reducing point count)\tDefault is off");
+            Console.WriteLine("-filter" + argSeparator + "0\t\t\tKeep only first point within this distance on world grid (In Unity units)\tDefault is off");
             Console.WriteLine("-maxfiles" + argSeparator + "10\t\t\tFor batch processing, parse only this many files (good for testing with few files first)\tDefault is parse all found files");
             // TODO Console.WriteLine("-decimate" + separator + "50\t\t\tRemoves 50% of the points (by skipping every x point)\tDefault is off");
             //Console.WriteLine("-version" + argSeparator + "2\t\t2=v2 .ucpc, 3=v3 .pcroot tiles\tDefault is 2");
@@ -378,6 +380,7 @@ public static void PrintHelpAndExit(char argSeparator, bool waitEnter = 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");
             Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.White;