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This tool is accessible via the 'File > Open' menu or the icon in the upper main toolbar.

Description

Loads entities from one or several files.

File > Load dialog

Procedure

Select the right file type (with the drop-down list next to the filename field). Alternatively you can let CloudCompare guess it from the file extension (use the 'All (*.*)' entry).

A file typically contains one or several entities (clouds, meshes, etc.).

Notes:

• read-only access to the files. Moreover, once the entities are loaded CloudCompare will close the file and 'forget' about it.
• the loaded entities are automatically put in a 'group' which has the input filename as name. However this group has no link to the file.
• alternatively, files can be opened by dragging them from the file explorer and dropping them on a 3D view.

Supported formats

See the supported file formats in the FILE I/O section.