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title: "Extract Cloud"
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updated: 2026-09-07T11:51:23Z
published: 2026-09-07T11:51:23Z
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://rcdocs.leica-geosystems.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Extract Cloud

![CmdExtractClouds.svg](https://cdn.document360.io/820e11db-8ed5-45ae-ac86-f6b77dcb2aa7/Images/Documentation/CmdExtractClouds.svg)

This command **converts** all polylines, geometrical features, CAD curves and meshes **into a unique merged cloud**.

> [!TIP]
> ### Requirements
> 
> Select polylines and/or meshes and/or geometrical features and/or CAD curves and launch the command.

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1. Depending on the type of selected object(s), the software extracts all the vertices of the selected entities and merges them into a unique cloud. The **minimum distance** allows sampling of points on the selected entities. This value does not define a regular "space" between the points of the generated cloud, but a minimum point density.
2. If you have more than one input objects, **Keep colors** creates a cloud having a **Real Color** representation, where each none **Real Color** input object will transfer its color to their points:
  - in Real Color representation mode, you will see the colored points.
  - in Inspection representation mode, you will see the inspection information, if any.
  - in another representation mode, the color of the cloud will be uniform.
3. If you have selected a mesh, uncheck **Ignore vertices normals** to convert current vertices normals into point cloud scanning direction.

> [!WARNING]
> ### Notes
> 
> If one or more clouds are selected, they will be added in the resulting cloud.

> [!TIP]
> ### Tips & Tricks
> 
> To generate a cloud from a mesh with a regular space between points, you can use the command [Grid Projection](/v1/docs/cyclone-3dr-gridmeshc).