JSonRPCPlugin/README.md

JSON RPC plugin for CloudCompare

This plugin executes commands/actions via RPC from a different proccess/computer The plugin opens a TCP-server port when activated. The RPC communication is done via Websocket http JSON transfers.

Currently implemented commands:

• open: opens a file from filesystem
• clear: clears all clouds

howto build

1. clone CloudCompare

mkdir cc
cd cc
git clone --recursive https://github.com/CloudCompare/CloudCompare.git

2. add this plugin as submodule in plugins

cd CloudCompare/plugins/core/Standard
git submodule add git@gitlab.com:theadib/jsonrpcplugin.git

3. patch CMakeLists.txt

nano CMakeLists.txt

then add the plugin as indicated below

 set( submod_plugins
                ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/qColorimetricSegmenter
                ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/qMasonry
                ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/qMPlane
+               ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/jsonrpcplugin
 )

3. build CloudCompare

cd cc/CloudCompare
mkdir build
cd build
cmake-gui ..
make -j
sudo make install