CloudCompare插件编写

预置环境：Windows10+Git+CMake3.23.3+VS2019+Qt5.14.2

编译CloudCompare工程

首先克隆CloudCompare工程，注意必须加上--recursive否则无法下载完整代码编译会失败：

git clone --recursive https://github.com/CloudCompare/CloudCompare.git

这里下载的是最新的CloudCompare的源代码，版本是2.14。
用CMake编译工程:

选择编译环境和目标平台：
勾上Grouped和Advanced，点击Configure：
修改CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX（可选，为了方便找到安装文件）：

再依次点击Configure，Generate和Open Project，选择用VS2019打开.sln文件：

选择Release x64环境编译：

右键ALL_BUILD选择生成，完成后再右键INSTALL生成。第一次编译的话，需要等待较长的时间。
编译成功后，进入之前指定的install文件夹路径在CloudCompare文件夹下即可找到exe文件。打开如下图所示：

CloudCompare添加插件

在CloudCompare\plugins\example文件夹内有插件的编写实例可以参考，这里我们自己再编写一个。在改文件夹下新建TestPlugin文件夹，添加下述文件：
TestPlugin.h

#pragma once

#include "ccStdPluginInterface.h"


class TestPlugin : public QObject, public ccStdPluginInterface
{
	Q_OBJECT
	Q_INTERFACES(ccPluginInterface ccStdPluginInterface)
	Q_PLUGIN_METADATA(IID "cccorp.cloudcompare.plugin.TestPlugin" FILE "info.json")

public:
	//! Default constructor
	explicit TestPlugin(QObject* parent = nullptr);

	~TestPlugin() override = default;
	
	//inherited from ccStdPluginInterface
	void onNewSelection(const ccHObject::Container& selectedEntities) override;
	QList<QAction *> getActions() override;

protected slots:
	//! Slot called when associated ation is triggered
	void doAction();

private:
	//! Associated action
	QAction* m_action;
};

TestPlugin.cpp

#include "TestPlugin.h"
#include <QMainWindow>


TestPlugin::TestPlugin(QObject* parent)
	: QObject(parent)
	, ccStdPluginInterface( ":/CC/plugin/TestPlugin/info.json" )
	, m_action( nullptr )
{

}

void TestPlugin::onNewSelection(const ccHObject::Container& selectedEntities)
{
	m_action->setEnabled(true);
}

QList<QAction *> TestPlugin::getActions()
{
	//default action
	if (!m_action)
	{
		m_action = new QAction(getName(),this);
		m_action->setToolTip(getDescription());
		m_action->setIcon(getIcon());
		//connect signal
		connect(m_action, &QAction::triggered, this, &TestPlugin::doAction);
	}

	return QList<QAction *>{ m_action };
}

//persistent settings during a single session
// CoamingMeasurmentDialog::Parameters s_params;

void TestPlugin::doAction()
{
	ccLog::LogMessage("hello", 1);//这里设置TestPlugin点击一下，日志栏输出hello字样

	//currently selected entities parameters may have changed!
	m_app->updateUI();
	//currently selected entities appearance may have changed!
	m_app->refreshAll();
}

CMakeLists.txt

option( PLUGIN_STANDARD_TestPlugin "Check to install TestPlugin plugin" ON )

if (PLUGIN_STANDARD_TestPlugin)
	project( TestPlugin )
	AddPlugin( NAME ${PROJECT_NAME} )
	target_sources( ${PROJECT_NAME}	PRIVATE	${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/TestPlugin.h ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/TestPlugin.cpp)
endif()

TestPlugin.png

info.json

{
    "type" : "Standard",
    "name" : "TestPlugin",
    "icon" : ":/CC/plugin/TestPlugin/TestPlugin.png",
    "description": "",
    "authors" : [
        {
            "name" : "",
            "email" : ""
        }
    ],
    "maintainers" : [
        {
            "name" : "",
            "email" : ""
        }
    ],
    "references" : [
        {
            "text": "" ,
            "url" : ""
        },
      {
        "text": "TestPlugin library",
        "url": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "Documentation",
        "url": ""
      }
    ]
}

TestPlugin.qrc

<RCC>
    <qresource prefix="/CC/plugin/TestPlugin" >
        <file>TestPlugin.png</file>
        <file>info.json</file>
    </qresource>
</RCC>

再去上一级目录中的CMakeLists.txt末尾添加

add_subdirectory( ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/TestPlugin )

仿照上面的工程再次运行CMake，若出现PLUGIN_STANDARD_TestPlugin则插件已被添加入工程中：

再次生成VS工程并编译，不出意外这次会快很多。这时再次打开CloudCompare.exe，插件成功被添加到右侧：

点击插件按钮，在下发Console区域会打印日志hello。