How to calculate the intersection of 2 planes from a point cloud

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Hi all and thank you for your time
I have a point cloud representing 2 planes and a line with is their intersection (looks like a flag, i.e all interconnected), I know the coordinates of vertices, connections of faces and the face normals. I need to find the equation of that line. Any ideas for the best way to approach?
Thank you
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Tim Navr
Tim Navr on 14 Apr 2016
Edited: Tim Navr on 14 Apr 2016
Thank you for commenting. What I have is a mesh of triangles created by a 3D scanner and imported as a .stl file. No, all the points do not lie exactly in the same plane, in fact the planes looks like parallelepipeds. The points are scattered amongst 2 parallelepipeds and a cylinder which forms a connection between them. Btw the planes are at 90 to each other. Hope that clarifies it. Please let me know if you have any further questions. Thank you
John D'Errico
John D'Errico on 14 Apr 2016
Edited: John D'Errico on 14 Apr 2016
So the planes are not exactly planes. A picture might help.

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