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preview

Preview of live point cloud data from Velodyne LiDAR sensor

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Syntax

preview(lidarobj)
preview(lidarobj,xlimits,ylimits,zlimits)

Description

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preview(lidarobj) creates a preview window that displays live point cloud data for the velodynelidar object, lidarobj.

preview(lidarobj,xlimits,ylimits,zlimits) displays lidarobj data in a preview window with the specified axes limits.

Examples

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You can preview your Velodyne LiDAR® point clouds before acquiring the data.

Create a velodynelidar object, v, for use with a model HDL-32E sensor. 

v = velodynelidar('HDL32E');

Preview the point cloud data.

preview(v);

The preview window opens.

Note that you must close the preview window before you can use the read function to acquire data.

Input Arguments

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Name of Velodyne LiDAR object. You create the object using the velodynelidar function.

Example: preview(v);

Range of x-axis coordinates, specified as a 1-by-2 vector in the format [min max]. preview does not display data outside these limits.

Range of y-axis coordinates, specified as a 1-by-2 vector in the format [min max]. preview does not display data outside these limits.

Range of z-axis coordinates, specified as a 1-by-2 vector in the format [min max].preview does not display data outside these limits.

Version History

Introduced in R2020b

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