# ProfileExtractPoint3D

The ProfileExtractPoint3D function Functions are tools that are available in Spreadsheet for processing and analyzing acquisitions or other results. You can add functions to your Spreadsheet job to create tool chains and produce results for specific applications. allows you to extract the points with the smallest and the largest value on the X-axis and Z-axis in a profile, and a point with an average Z-axis value along the X-axis midline of the profile.

The ProfileExtractPoint3D function requires an existing Profile3D structure as input.

3D Point Cloud A point cloud is a 3D structure that consists of the data points collected by a 3D vision system during acquisition. with ProfileExtractPoint3D | Profile View

The ProfileExtractPoint3D function also allows you to use an external ProfileFixture3D input, which ensures that the function extracts the same profile feature for each acquisition Acquisition is the process or result of the vision system acquiring a new image.. The ProfileExtractPoint3D function can use the profile fixture A fixture is a coordinate location on the image that keeps the tool in the place determined by the fixture. to align the intersecting line in the profile, and produce consistent results regardless of positioning inconsistencies in the acquisition.

The ProfileExtractPoint3D function produces Point3D structures that you can use as input for other functions.