diff --git a/.github/workflows/doc-build.yml b/.github/workflows/doc-build.yml
index e3ffcbac..807b0ca6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/doc-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/doc-build.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
           conda env create -f environment.yml
 
       - name: Cache conda environment cache
-        uses: actions/cache@v2
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
           path: C:\Miniconda\envs\diff_check
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-conda-${{ hashFiles('environment.yml') }}
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ jobs:
           python-version: 3.9.1
 
       - name: Restore conda environment cache
-        uses: actions/cache@v2
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
           path: C:\Miniconda\envs\diff_check
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-conda-${{ hashFiles('environment.yml') }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/py-sanity-check.yml b/.github/workflows/py-sanity-check.yml
index be84bf35..c1d4b3b2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/py-sanity-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/py-sanity-check.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
         auto-update-conda: true
         python-version: 3.9.1
     - name: Cache conda environment cache
-      uses: actions/cache@v2
+      uses: actions/cache@v4
       with:
         path: C:\Miniconda\envs\diff_check
         key: ${{ runner.os }}-conda-${{ hashFiles('environment.yml') }}
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
           conda env create -f environment.yml
 
     - name: Cache pre-commit hooks
-      uses: actions/cache@v2
+      uses: actions/cache@v4
       with:
         path: ~/.cache/pre-commit
         key: ${{ runner.os }}-precommit-${{ hashFiles('.pre-commit-config.yaml') }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-pass.yml b/.github/workflows/test-pass.yml
index 540df100..ba142368 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-pass.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-pass.yml
@@ -55,4 +55,4 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run tests with cmake
         run: |
-          conda run --name diff_check ctest --test-dir build --output-on-failure -C Release --verbose
\ No newline at end of file
+          conda run --name diff_check ctest --test-dir build --output-on-failure -C Release --verbose
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ec2fac43..a9d09ab6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
     <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13843959"><img src="https://zenodo.org/badge/DOI/10.5281/zenodo.13843959.svg" alt="DOI"></a>
 </p>
 
+
 ![demo](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/3c9f353d-7707-4630-aa6d-fe59cbdeae2f)
 
 # DiffCheck: CAD-Scan comparison
diff --git a/cmake/tests.cmake b/cmake/tests.cmake
index 8598f729..8ccaa68c 100644
--- a/cmake/tests.cmake
+++ b/cmake/tests.cmake
@@ -39,22 +39,22 @@ add_custom_command(TARGET ${PYBINDMODULE_NAME} POST_BUILD
 copy_dlls(${TARGET_PYBIND_TESTS_DIR} ${PYBINDMODULE_NAME})
 
 add_test(NAME PYBIND_PYVER_TEST
-        COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} -m pytest ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/tests/integration_tests/pybinds_tests/test_pybind_pyver.py
+        COMMAND "pytest" ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/tests/integration_tests/pybinds_tests/test_pybind_pyver.py
         WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
         )
 add_test(NAME PYBIND_DLL_SMOKE_TEST
-        COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} -m pytest ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/tests/integration_tests/pybinds_tests/test_pybind_dll_smoke.py
+        COMMAND "pytest" ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/tests/integration_tests/pybinds_tests/test_pybind_dll_smoke.py
         WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
         )
 add_test(NAME PYBIND_UNIT_TEST
-        COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} -m pytest ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/tests/integration_tests/pybinds_tests/test_pybind_units.py
+        COMMAND "pytest" ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/tests/integration_tests/pybinds_tests/test_pybind_units.py
         WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
         )
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Run all tests
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# FIXME: the post build has some problems if the tests are failing MSB3073
+# FIXME: the post build has some problems if the tests are failing MSB3073, it means only the python tests are failing.
 if (RUN_TESTS)
     add_custom_command(
                     TARGET ${CPP_UNIT_TESTS} POST_BUILD  #TODO: <== this should be set to the latest test suite
diff --git a/deps/eigen b/deps/eigen
index 8b4efc8e..11fd34cc 160000
--- a/deps/eigen
+++ b/deps/eigen
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 8b4efc8ed8a65415e248d54fbc9afdd964c94f64
+Subproject commit 11fd34cc1c398f2c2311339ed3b008b1114544eb
diff --git a/deps/pybind11 b/deps/pybind11
index 0ed20f26..708ce4d9 160000
--- a/deps/pybind11
+++ b/deps/pybind11
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 0ed20f26acee626ac989568ecc6347e159ddbb47
+Subproject commit 708ce4d9c7bf55075608eb3cfcb5fa0dc43e070f
diff --git a/doc/index.rst b/doc/index.rst
index 64497a82..ed96de68 100644
--- a/doc/index.rst
+++ b/doc/index.rst
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ The software is designed to be user-friendly and can be used either via a Grassh
 
 The software is developed by the `Laboratory of Timber Construction (IBOIS)`_ and the `Laboratory for Creative Computation (CRCL)`_ at `Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)`_.
 
+
 .. raw:: html
 
    <div style="text-align: center;">
diff --git a/src/gh/components/DF_cloud_normal_estimator/code.py b/src/gh/components/DF_cloud_normal_estimator/code.py
index fac8533b..2c0ec1b3 100644
--- a/src/gh/components/DF_cloud_normal_estimator/code.py
+++ b/src/gh/components/DF_cloud_normal_estimator/code.py
@@ -32,4 +32,4 @@ def RunScript(self,
 
         o_cloud = df_cvt_bindings.cvt_dfcloud_2_rhcloud(df_cloud)
 
-        return o_cloud
+        return [o_cloud]
diff --git a/src/gh/diffCheck/diffCheck.egg-info/PKG-INFO b/src/gh/diffCheck/diffCheck.egg-info/PKG-INFO
index 864b437b..f88b43ec 100644
--- a/src/gh/diffCheck/diffCheck.egg-info/PKG-INFO
+++ b/src/gh/diffCheck/diffCheck.egg-info/PKG-INFO
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-Metadata-Version: 2.1
+Metadata-Version: 2.4
 Name: diffCheck
-Version: 0.0.37
+Version: 1.3.0
 Summary: DiffCheck is a package to check the differences between two timber structures
 Home-page: https://github.com/diffCheckOrg/diffCheck
 Author: Andrea Settimi, Damien Gilliard, Eleni Skevaki, Marirena Kladeftira, Julien Gamerro, Stefana Parascho, and Yves Weinand
@@ -11,6 +11,14 @@ Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9
 Description-Content-Type: text/markdown
 Requires-Dist: numpy
 Requires-Dist: pybind11>=2.5.0
+Dynamic: author
+Dynamic: author-email
+Dynamic: classifier
+Dynamic: description
+Dynamic: description-content-type
+Dynamic: home-page
+Dynamic: requires-dist
+Dynamic: summary
 
 # DiffCheck: CAD-Scan comparison
 
diff --git a/src/gh/diffCheck/diffCheck.egg-info/SOURCES.txt b/src/gh/diffCheck/diffCheck.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
index e64d5fc2..8887cb03 100644
--- a/src/gh/diffCheck/diffCheck.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
+++ b/src/gh/diffCheck/diffCheck.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ diffCheck/df_joint_detector.py
 diffCheck/df_transformations.py
 diffCheck/df_util.py
 diffCheck/df_visualization.py
-diffCheck/diffcheck_bindings.cp39-win_amd64.pyd
+diffCheck/diffcheck_bindings.cp312-win_amd64.pyd
 diffCheck.egg-info/PKG-INFO
 diffCheck.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
 diffCheck.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
diff --git a/test_save.ply b/test_save.ply
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7147788f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_save.ply
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:7e20354a8b0681cc343a87c7a98ff9e5e9400fb558f88f2e21c7fb1fc7e8bb24
+size 376593