https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/recap-forum/what-is-the-recap-decimation-algorithm/m-p/8667092#M6509 <P>It is the following case:&nbsp;</P> <UL> <LI>take the point that is the closest to center of the cube.&nbsp;</LI> </UL> <P>&nbsp;</P> Mon, 18 Mar 2019 21:26:51 GMT yan.fu 2019-03-18T21:26:51Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/recap-forum/what-is-the-recap-decimation-algorithm/m-p/8665201#M6508 <P>When exporting a point cloud from Recap, one can set the decimation grid spacing ranging from 1 mm to 100 mm.</P> <P>Please, what are the details of the decimation algorithm run by Recap? Does it:</P> <UL> <LI>take randomly a point (or the first one) in each cube of the decimation grid?</LI> <LI>create a mean / median point from all points in the cube?</LI> <LI>take the point that is the closest to the&nbsp;mean / median of all points in the cube?</LI> <LI>do something else?</LI> </UL> <P>Also, is it the same algorithm than the one when importing a file in Recap (in the advanced scan settings, there is a similar decimation parameter, with the notable difference that it can be switched off)?</P> Mon, 18 Mar 2019 10:30:36 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/recap-forum/what-is-the-recap-decimation-algorithm/m-p/8665201#M6508 lamorlette 2019-03-18T10:30:36Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/recap-forum/what-is-the-recap-decimation-algorithm/m-p/8667092#M6509 <P>It is the following case:&nbsp;</P> <UL> <LI>take the point that is the closest to center of the cube.&nbsp;</LI> </UL> <P>&nbsp;</P> Mon, 18 Mar 2019 21:26:51 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/recap-forum/what-is-the-recap-decimation-algorithm/m-p/8667092#M6509 yan.fu 2019-03-18T21:26:51Z