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Hello,

New user here. I have a single large ply file that I would like to crop into around 100 smaller ply files and save each of them.

Is there a way to define a "grid" pattern and crop the initial ply file into multiple smaller ones based on this grid?

I've figured out the basic operation of the segment tool, but don't see anything tools like this.

Thank you!

Well, there's the 'Cross section' tool with its 'repeat' mode that can help with that. See https://www.cloudcompare.org/doc/wiki/i ... r_contours

And you can do this with the command line mode as it will allow you to save automatically all the parts as E57 files (see the '-CROSS_SECTION' option, along with '-C_EXPORT_FMT E57' - https://www.cloudcompare.org/doc/wiki/i ... _line_mode)

Make sure to use the latest 2.13 beta version (10th of Feb) as there was a big bug with the E57 file export introduced on the 27th of January.

Running through the command line worked for me. Thank you for the help Daniel!