CloudCompare2.13.2

Inspect, align, measure, and compare 3D point clouds and meshes directly in CloudCompare, turning captured spatial data into an analyzable 3D scene. It helps users examine differences between scans, check geometric relationships, and isolate relevant sections of a dataset before further processing. Because the data remains represented by coordinates and surfaces, the program supports analysis beyond viewing a rendered image.

Its interactive 3D view lets users select points and objects, calculate distances, inspect scalar values, and evaluate the shape of cloud or mesh data. Tools for registration, subsampling, segmentation, cleaning, and normal handling help prepare datasets and bring separate captures into a common alignment. Cloud-to-cloud and cloud-to-mesh comparisons can reveal deviations, while mesh and point-cloud visualization makes it easier to inspect the source geometry.

Surveyors, geospatial specialists, 3D scanning professionals, researchers, and designers can use it for scan inspection, site documentation, quality checks, and comparisons between measured and reference models. CloudCompare runs on MacOS, and version 2.13.2 is compiled for Apple Silicon Macs with the arm64 architecture. It belongs to the Photo & Graphics category and is distributed as freeware.