You can slice a point cloud along the z-axis as follows:
% Use the teapot point cloud as an example.
ptCloud = pcread('teapot.ply');
% Get the point cloud z limits.
minZ = ptCloud.ZLimits(1);
maxZ = ptCloud.ZLimits(2);
% Define the thickness of each slice.
thickness = 0.1;
% Use pcplayer to visualize the point cloud slices.
player = pcplayer(ptCloud.XLimits, ptCloud.YLimits, ptCloud.ZLimits);
% Use a for loop to select each point cloud slice.
for i = minZ:thickness:maxZ
% Get the logical indices of the points in each slice.
selectedIdx = ptCloud.Location(:, 3) >= i & ...
ptCloud.Location(:, 3) < (i + thickness);
% Select the point cloud slice using the indices.
ptCloudSlice = select(ptCloud, selectedIdx);
% Visualize the slice.
view(player, ptCloudSlice)
pause(0.2)
end
