Recently, I have been learning about 3D point cloud related content. I have configured the environment for several days and recorded the pitfalls I have encountered. I originally wanted to use VS code for development, but I couldn’t get it right after a long time, so I finally switched to VS.
The version of the compiler and related libraries is very important. Here is what I use:
Table of Contents
1. VS2022
2. boost library
3. pcl library
1.VS2022
There’s nothing much to say about the related installation and configuration. Just create a new C++ project and you’re done.
2.boost library
I use boost_1_80_0, but the latest version seems to be unusable. The boost library corresponds to the VS version.
Reference: Boost installation and use in VS2022_vs2022 boost_Yuanqi Xiaojia’s blog-CSDN blog
3. pcl library
I used PCL 1.12.0. Similarly, the 13.0 I downloaded at the beginning did not work, so I changed it.
Reference: https://blog.csdn.net/qq_42676511/article/details/126054136
The previous steps are similar. Here are some problems you may encounter.
(1) OpenNI2 installation 
There is only this msi file in the OpenNI2 folder at the beginning. You need to click in to remove and then reinstall.
After successful installation, it looks like this:
During the installation process, you may be prompted that path is too long installer unable to modify path. Don’t worry about this. We can just write it in the system environment manually.
(2) Configure the pcl library in VS
Been stuck here for a long time. Errors that may occur:
Severity Code Description Project File Line Suppress Status Error LNK2019 Unresolved external symbol”__declspec(dllimport) public: void __cdecl PointCloudFilter::setptClouds(struct LAS_POINT *)” (__imp_?setptClouds@PointCloudFilter@@QEAAXPEAULAS_POINT@@@ Z), this symbol is referenced in the function “private: void __cdecl PointCloudFilters::doAction(void)” (?doAction@PointCloudFilters@@AEAAXXZ)
[pcl::PCDReader::read] Could not find file ‘P毨$?’.
No matter which one occurs, there is a problem with the lib library configuration.
Project Properties – Linker – Input – Additional Dependencies
Note that Debug and Release are added differently here.
Debug: The one with d is what needs to be added in Debug.
pcl_commond.lib
pcl_featuresd.lib
pcl_filtersd.lib
pcl_iod.lib
pcl_io_plyd.lib
pcl_kdtreed.lib
pcl_keypointsd.lib
pcl_mld.lib
pcl_octreed.lib
pcl_outofcored.lib
pcl_peopled.lib
pcl_recognitiond.lib
pcl_registrationd.lib
pcl_sample_consensusd.lib
pcl_searchd.lib
pcl_segmentationd.lib
pcl_stereod.lib
pcl_surfaced.lib
pcl_trackingd.lib
pcl_visualizationd.lib
vtkCommonColor-9.0d.lib
vtkCommonComputationalGeometry-9.0d.lib
vtkCommonCore-9.0d.lib
vtkCommonDataModel-9.0d.lib
vtkCommonExecutionModel-9.0d.lib
vtkCommonMath-9.0d.lib
vtkCommonMisc-9.0d.lib
vtkCommonSystem-9.0d.lib
vtkCommonTransforms-9.0d.lib
vtkDICOMParser-9.0d.lib
vtkDomainsChemistry-9.0d.lib
vtkDomainsChemistryOpenGL2-9.0d.lib
vtkdoubleconversion-9.0d.lib
vtkexodusII-9.0d.lib
vtkexpat-9.0d.lib
vtkFiltersAMR-9.0d.lib
vtkFiltersCore-9.0d.lib
vtkFiltersExtraction-9.0d.lib
vtkFiltersFlowPaths-9.0d.lib
vtkFiltersGeneral-9.0d.lib
vtkFiltersGeneric-9.0d.lib
vtkFiltersGeometry-9.0d.lib
vtkFiltersHybrid-9.0d.lib
vtkFiltersHyperTree-9.0d.lib
vtkFiltersImaging-9.0d.lib
vtkFiltersModeling-9.0d.lib
vtkFiltersParallel-9.0d.lib
vtkFiltersParallelImaging-9.0d.lib
vtkFiltersPoints-9.0d.lib
vtkFiltersProgrammable-9.0d.lib
vtkFiltersSelection-9.0d.lib
vtkFiltersSMP-9.0d.lib
vtkFiltersSources-9.0d.lib
vtkFiltersStatistics-9.0d.lib
vtkFiltersTexture-9.0d.lib
vtkFiltersTopology-9.0d.lib
vtkFiltersVerdict-9.0d.lib
vtkfreetype-9.0d.lib
vtkGeovisCore-9.0d.lib
vtkgl2ps-9.0d.lib
vtkglew-9.0d.lib
vtkhdf5-9.0d.lib
vtkhdf5_hl-9.0d.lib
vtkImagingColor-9.0d.lib
vtkImagingCore-9.0d.lib
vtkImagingFourier-9.0d.lib
vtkImagingGeneral-9.0d.lib
vtkImagingHybrid-9.0d.lib
vtkImagingMath-9.0d.lib
vtkImagingMorphological-9.0d.lib
vtkImagingSources-9.0d.lib
vtkImagingStatistics-9.0d.lib
vtkImagingStencil-9.0d.lib
vtkInfovisCore-9.0d.lib
vtkInfovisLayout-9.0d.lib
vtkInteractionImage-9.0d.lib
vtkInteractionStyle-9.0d.lib
vtkInteractionWidgets-9.0d.lib
vtkIOAMR-9.0d.lib
vtkIOAsynchronous-9.0d.lib
vtkIOCityGML-9.0d.lib
vtkIOCore-9.0d.lib
vtkIOEnSight-9.0d.lib
vtkIOExodus-9.0d.lib
vtkIOExport-9.0d.lib
vtkIOExportGL2PS-9.0d.lib
vtkIOExportPDF-9.0d.lib
vtkIOGeometry-9.0d.lib
vtkIOImage-9.0d.lib
vtkIOImport-9.0d.lib
vtkIOInfovis-9.0d.lib
vtkIOLegacy-9.0d.lib
vtkIOLSDyna-9.0d.lib
vtkIOMINC-9.0d.lib
vtkIOMotionFX-9.0d.lib
vtkIOMovie-9.0d.lib
vtkIONetCDF-9.0d.lib
vtkIOOggTheora-9.0d.lib
vtkIOParallel-9.0d.lib
vtkIOParallelXML-9.0d.lib
vtkIOPLY-9.0d.lib
vtkIOSegY-9.0d.lib
vtkIOSQL-9.0d.lib
vtkIOTecplotTable-9.0d.lib
vtkIOVeraOut-9.0d.lib
vtkIOVideo-9.0d.lib
vtkIOXML-9.0d.lib
vtkIOXMLParser-9.0d.lib
vtkjpeg-9.0d.lib
vtkjsoncpp-9.0d.lib
vtklibharu-9.0d.lib
vtklibproj-9.0d.lib
vtklibxml2-9.0d.lib
vtkloguru-9.0d.lib
vtklz4-9.0d.lib
vtklzma-9.0d.lib
vtkmetaio-9.0d.lib
vtknetcdf-9.0d.lib
vtkogg-9.0d.lib
vtkParallelCore-9.0d.lib
vtkParallelDIY-9.0d.lib
vtkpng-9.0d.lib
vtkpugixml-9.0d.lib
vtkRenderingAnnotation-9.0d.lib
vtkRenderingContext2D-9.0d.lib
vtkRenderingContextOpenGL2-9.0d.lib
vtkRenderingCore-9.0d.lib
vtkRenderingFreeType-9.0d.lib
vtkRenderingGL2PSOpenGL2-9.0d.lib
vtkRenderingImage-9.0d.lib
vtkRenderingLabel-9.0d.lib
vtkRenderingLOD-9.0d.lib
vtkRenderingOpenGL2-9.0d.lib
vtkRenderingSceneGraph-9.0d.lib
vtkRenderingUI-9.0d.lib
vtkRenderingVolume-9.0d.lib
vtkRenderingVolumeOpenGL2-9.0d.lib
vtkRenderingVtkJS-9.0d.lib
vtksqlite-9.0d.lib
vtksys-9.0d.lib
vtkTestingRendering-9.0d.lib
vtktheora-9.0d.lib
vtktiff-9.0d.lib
vtkverdict-9.0d.lib
vtkViewsContext2D-9.0d.lib
vtkViewsCore-9.0d.lib
vtkViewsInfovis-9.0d.lib
vtkWrappingTools-9.0d.lib
vtkzlib-9.0d.lib
Release:
pcl_common.lib
pcl_features.lib
pcl_filters.lib
pcl_io.lib
pcl_io_ply.lib
pcl_kdtree.lib
pcl_keypoints.lib
pcl_ml.lib
pcl_octree.lib
pcl_outofcore.lib
pcl_people.lib
pcl_recognition.lib
pcl_registration.lib
pcl_sample_consensus.lib
pcl_search.lib
pcl_segmentation.lib
pcl_stereo.lib
pcl_surface.lib
pcl_tracking.lib
pcl_visualization.lib
vtkCommonColor-9.0.lib
vtkCommonComputationalGeometry-9.0.lib
vtkCommonCore-9.0.lib
vtkCommonDataModel-9.0.lib
vtkCommonExecutionModel-9.0.lib
vtkCommonMath-9.0.lib
vtkCommonMisc-9.0.lib
vtkCommonSystem-9.0.lib
vtkCommonTransforms-9.0.lib
vtkDICOMParser-9.0.lib
vtkDomainsChemistry-9.0.lib
vtkDomainsChemistryOpenGL2-9.0.lib
vtkdoubleconversion-9.0.lib
vtkexodusII-9.0.lib
vtkexpat-9.0.lib
vtkFiltersAMR-9.0.lib
vtkFiltersCore-9.0.lib
vtkFiltersExtraction-9.0.lib
vtkFiltersFlowPaths-9.0.lib
vtkFiltersGeneral-9.0.lib
vtkFiltersGeneric-9.0.lib
vtkFiltersGeometry-9.0.lib
vtkFiltersHybrid-9.0.lib
vtkFiltersHyperTree-9.0.lib
vtkFiltersImaging-9.0.lib
vtkFiltersModeling-9.0.lib
vtkFiltersParallel-9.0.lib
vtkFiltersParallelImaging-9.0.lib
vtkFiltersPoints-9.0.lib
vtkFiltersProgrammable-9.0.lib
vtkFiltersSelection-9.0.lib
vtkFiltersSMP-9.0.lib
vtkFiltersSources-9.0.lib
vtkFiltersStatistics-9.0.lib
vtkFiltersTexture-9.0.lib
vtkFiltersTopology-9.0.lib
vtkFiltersVerdict-9.0.lib
vtkfreetype-9.0.lib
vtkGeovisCore-9.0.lib
vtkgl2ps-9.0.lib
vtkglew-9.0.lib
vtkhdf5-9.0.lib
vtkhdf5_hl-9.0.lib
vtkImagingColor-9.0.lib
vtkImagingCore-9.0.lib
vtkImagingFourier-9.0.lib
vtkImagingGeneral-9.0.lib
vtkImagingHybrid-9.0.lib
vtkImagingMath-9.0.lib
vtkImagingMorphological-9.0.lib
vtkImagingSources-9.0.lib
vtkImagingStatistics-9.0.lib
vtkImagingStencil-9.0.lib
vtkInfovisCore-9.0.lib
vtkInfovisLayout-9.0.lib
vtkInteractionImage-9.0.lib
vtkInteractionStyle-9.0.lib
vtkInteractionWidgets-9.0.lib
vtkIOAMR-9.0.lib
vtkIOAsynchronous-9.0.lib
vtkIOCityGML-9.0.lib
vtkIOCore-9.0.lib
vtkIOEnSight-9.0.lib
vtkIOExodus-9.0.lib
vtkIOExport-9.0.lib
vtkIOExportGL2PS-9.0.lib
vtkIOExportPDF-9.0.lib
vtkIOGeometry-9.0.lib
vtkIOImage-9.0.lib
vtkIOImport-9.0.lib
vtkIOInfovis-9.0.lib
vtkIOLegacy-9.0.lib
vtkIOLSDyna-9.0.lib
vtkIOMINC-9.0.lib
vtkIOMotionFX-9.0.lib
vtkIOMovie-9.0.lib
vtkIONetCDF-9.0.lib
vtkIOOggTheora-9.0.lib
vtkIOParallel-9.0.lib
vtkIOParallelXML-9.0.lib
vtkIOPLY-9.0.lib
vtkIOSegY-9.0.lib
vtkIOSQL-9.0.lib
vtkIOTecplotTable-9.0.lib
vtkIOVeraOut-9.0.lib
vtkIOVideo-9.0.lib
vtkIOXML-9.0.lib
vtkIOXMLParser-9.0.lib
vtkjpeg-9.0.lib
vtkjsoncpp-9.0.lib
vtklibharu-9.0.lib
vtklibproj-9.0.lib
vtklibxml2-9.0.lib
vtkloguru-9.0.lib
vtklz4-9.0.lib
vtklzma-9.0.lib
vtkmetaio-9.0.lib
vtknetcdf-9.0.lib
vtkogg-9.0.lib
vtkParallelCore-9.0.lib
vtkParallelDIY-9.0.lib
vtkpng-9.0.lib
vtkpugixml-9.0.lib
vtkRenderingAnnotation-9.0.lib
vtkRenderingContext2D-9.0.lib
vtkRenderingContextOpenGL2-9.0.lib
vtkRenderingCore-9.0.lib
vtkRenderingFreeType-9.0.lib
vtkRenderingGL2PSOpenGL2-9.0.lib
vtkRenderingImage-9.0.lib
vtkRenderingLabel-9.0.lib
vtkRenderingLOD-9.0.lib
vtkRenderingOpenGL2-9.0.lib
vtkRenderingSceneGraph-9.0.lib
vtkRenderingUI-9.0.lib
vtkRenderingVolume-9.0.lib
vtkRenderingVolumeOpenGL2-9.0.lib
vtkRenderingVtkJS-9.0.lib
vtksqlite-9.0.lib
vtksys-9.0.lib
vtkTestingRendering-9.0.lib
vtktheora-9.0.lib
vtktiff-9.0.lib
vtkverdict-9.0.lib
vtkViewsContext2D-9.0.lib
vtkViewsCore-9.0.lib
vtkViewsInfovis-9.0.lib
vtkWrappingTools-9.0.lib
vtkzlib-9.0.lib
Pay attention here to the version number in PCL 1.12.0\3rdParty\VTK\lib. If it is 9.0, do not add it to 9.1, otherwise an error will be reported and the lib file cannot be opened.
After the configuration is completed, run the code. Here I downloaded the classic rabbit point cloud from the Internet for testing.
#include <iostream>
#include <pcl/io/pcd_io.h>
#include <pcl/point_types.h>
#include <pcl/visualization/cloud_viewer.h>
int main() {
pcl::PointCloud<pcl::PointXYZ>::Ptr cloud(new pcl::PointCloud<pcl::PointXYZ>);
if (pcl::io::loadPCDFile<pcl::PointXYZ>("your.pcd", *cloud) == -1) {
PCL_ERROR("Could not read the PCD file.\\
");
return (-1);
}
pcl::visualization::CloudViewer viewer("PCD Viewer");
viewer.showCloud(cloud);
while (!viewer.wasStopped()) {
}
return 0;
}
You’re done.