PCL v1.15.1 Release Notes

Release Date: 2025-08-26 // 10 months ago
  • ๐Ÿš€ One new feature in this release is that PCL can now use nanoflann, which is a faster alternative to FLANN for neighborhood searching. To find out how you can speed up your ICP, normal estimation, etc, please see here.

    ๐Ÿš€ Of course, this release also contains a variety of speed improvements, fixes for the newest compiler versions, and more. For an exhaustive list of newly added features, deprecations and other changes in PCL 1.15.1, please see CHANGES.md.


Previous changes from v1.15.0

  • PCL 1.15.0 brings:

    • a torus model for RANSAC
    • several classes are now parallelized, including PrincipalCurvaturesEstimation, RadiusOutlierRemoval, ICP, and parts of GICP
    • compatibility with the newest compilers, Boost versions, etc
    • ๐Ÿ›  and of course many bug fixes, speed improvements, ...

    ๐Ÿ‘€ For an exhaustive list of newly added features, deprecations and other changes in PCL 1.15.0, please see CHANGES.md.
    ๐Ÿš€ Thanks to everyone who contributed to this release!