.. _sphx_glr_auto_examples_features:

.. _features_examples:

Computing shape features
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Scikit-shapes provides fast and robust methods to compute point normals, curvatures and other shape descriptors.



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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="We use the point_curvatures method to compute local curvature values.">

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  :ref:`sphx_glr_auto_examples_features_plot_point_curvatures.py`

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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="We use the point_normals method to compute normal vectors at each vertex of a triangle mesh. Th...">

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  :ref:`sphx_glr_auto_examples_features_plot_point_normals.py`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">How to compute local point normals</div>
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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="We use the point_moments method to compute local averages and covariance matrices. This is usef...">

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  :ref:`sphx_glr_auto_examples_features_plot_point_moments.py`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">How to compute local geometric moments</div>
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.. toctree::
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   /auto_examples/features/plot_point_curvatures
   /auto_examples/features/plot_point_normals
   /auto_examples/features/plot_point_moments