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COLORIZATION SCALES AND INTENSITY VALUES
Velodyne lidars record intensity values and are frequently included in point cloud data. When
loading point clouds, it is best to load the intensity values as a scalar value to apply unique
colorization scales to the values. See figure below on the left side for setting the intensity to
None and setting the Scalar to vertex – intensity [PLY_FLOAT] from the drop-down menu on the
right side of Scalar.
As an example, we used the Digital Drive dataset for the HDL-32E from Velodyne. The following
point cloud illustrates how it loads with the Eye Dome Lighting (EDL) shader selected.