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Do ezc3d (Release_1.7.2) and BTK (master head) implement the C3D rule that the sign of POINT:SCALE selects float versus integer storage, and where do they disagree?

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BTK takes the C3D storage sign from the header scale (words 7-8), warns when POINT:SCALE disagrees and keeps the header value, treating a positive scale as integer storage; ezc3d always writes a negative header scale (float storage). Files whose header and POINT:SCALE disagree can therefore be read differently by different libraries; check both values.

BTK takes the C3D storage sign from the header scale (words 7-8), warns when POINT:SCALE disagrees and keeps the header value, treating a positive scale as integer storage; ezc3d always writes a negative header scale (float storage). Files whose header and POINT:SCALE disagree can therefore be read differently by different libraries; check both values. Curator qualifications: Code read 2026-10-22; no C3D parsed. ezc3d read-side handling (points from parameter, analog from header) per producer; not re-read. Limitations: Code read 2026-10-22; no C3D parsed. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.
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    {
      "url": "https://www.c3d.org/docs/C3D_User_Guide.pdf",
      "note": "ezc3d src/Header.cpp L131; BTK btkC3DFileIO.cpp L274, L742-755"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/pyomeca/ezc3d/blob/bf758d11399d51728992f8b7e2315334d024067a/src/Point.cpp",
      "note": "ezc3d src/Header.cpp L131; BTK btkC3DFileIO.cpp L274, L742-755"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/pyomeca/ezc3d/blob/bf758d11399d51728992f8b7e2315334d024067a/src/Channel.cpp",
      "note": "ezc3d src/Header.cpp L131; BTK btkC3DFileIO.cpp L274, L742-755"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/pyomeca/ezc3d/blob/bf758d11399d51728992f8b7e2315334d024067a/src/ezc3d.cpp",
      "note": "ezc3d src/Header.cpp L131; BTK btkC3DFileIO.cpp L274, L742-755"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/pyomeca/ezc3d/blob/bf758d11399d51728992f8b7e2315334d024067a/src/Header.cpp",
      "note": "ezc3d src/Header.cpp L131; BTK btkC3DFileIO.cpp L274, L742-755"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/pyomeca/ezc3d/blob/bf758d11399d51728992f8b7e2315334d024067a/src/PointsInfo.cpp",
      "note": "ezc3d src/Header.cpp L131; BTK btkC3DFileIO.cpp L274, L742-755"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/Biomechanical-ToolKit/BTKCore/blob/d4c03aa9e354be16265d0efe0815c09b35abc642/Code/IO/btkC3DFileIO.cpp",
      "note": "ezc3d src/Header.cpp L131; BTK btkC3DFileIO.cpp L274, L742-755"
    }
  ]
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  • [sourced_fact] BTK takes the C3D storage sign from the header scale (words 7-8), warns when POINT:SCALE disagrees and keeps the header value, treating a positive scale as integer storage; ezc3d always writes a negative header scale (float storage). Files whose header and POINT:SCALE disagree can therefore be read differently by different libraries; check both values. · locator: ezc3d src/Header.cpp L131; BTK btkC3DFileIO.cpp L274, L742-755 source

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