How to remove unwanted points in point cloud
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Hi,
I am a beginner to Matlab and would like some suggestion on how to remove the top point cloud (which is detached from the body) in the figure below
![](https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/uploaded_files/544832/image.png)
Thanks in advance
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KSSV
on 10 Mar 2021
You can see that the unwanted points are lying in certain intervel of (x,y,z). Get those indices using logical indexing and remove them.
Example:
x = rand(1,100) ;
x(x>0.5) = [] ; % remove x which are greater than 0.5
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Mehmed Saad
on 10 Mar 2021
The cheapest and easiest method is use of brush
![](https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/uploaded_files/544977/image.bmp)
Select Points you want to delete
![](https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/uploaded_files/544982/image.png)
now press delete
![](https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/uploaded_files/544987/image.png)
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