qSAF(Scan Angle Filter) is a simple CloudCompare plugin that can filter a given range of scanning angles.
It is only suitable for LAS format point cloud file.
CloudCompare is an open source 3D point cloud and grid processing software that can handle all kinds of point cloud format data.
CloudCompare-Qt is a third-party Qt project built on the source code of CloudCompare. It only needs Qt to compile and run witout Visual Studio, and support Windows, MacOS, and Linux.
mkdir CloudCompare
cd CloudCompare
git clone --recursive https://github.com/cloudcompare/trunk.git
git clone https://github.com/huihut/qSAF.git trunk/plugins/qSAF
rm -rf trunk/plugins/qSAF/.git
Generating CloudCompare project
Tutorial on how to write a CloudCompare plugin.