A method, comprising: capturing, using a dimensioning system with a single sensor, a first range image of an object in a first view, the first view being a first field-of-view associated with a first point of view; processing the first range image to determine whether, based on the first view: (a) the object includes a non-flat side, (b) the object is a cuboid, (c) the object has protrusions, (d) the object has no overhangs, (e) the object has only one obtuse angle that does not face the first point of view, and/or (f) the object has a number of obtuse angles that do not face the first point of view; automatically determining a number of views required to dimension the object based on a first mode, a second mode, or a third mode of the dimensioning system, wherein the number of views required to dimension the object in the first mode is one single view, wherein the number of views to dimension the object in the second mode is two, and wherein the number of views required to dimension the object in the third mode is more than two; automatically calculating dimensional data of the object based on: the first mode using the first view of the object as the one single view when: the object is determined to be cuboid, or has no protrusions and only one obtuse angle that does not face the first point of view, and the object is determined to include no non-flat sides in the first view; the second mode using the first view and a second view of the object when the object is determined to include a single obtuse angle that faces the first point of view and no protrusions, the second view being acquired after determining that the object includes a side that is non-flat in the first view and being based on a first movement of the dimensioning system, a first movement of the object, or both; and the third mode using the first view, the second view, and one or more additional views of the object when the object is determined to include a protrusion and/or more than one obtuse angle, overhang, protrusion, or combinations thereof, each additional view being acquired after determining that the object includes a side that is non-flat in the first view or the second view and being based on additional movement of the dimensioning system, an additional movement of the object, or both. capturing, using a dimensioning system with a single sensor, a first range image of an object in a first view, the first view being a first field-of-view associated with a first point of view; processing the first range image to determine whether, based on the first view: (a) the object includes a non-flat side, (b) the object is a cuboid, (c) the object has protrusions, (d) the object has no overhangs, (e) the object has only one obtuse angle that does not face the first point of view, and/or (f) the object has a number of obtuse angles that do not face the first point of view; (a) the object includes a non-flat side, (b) the object is a cuboid, (c) the object has protrusions, (d) the object has no overhangs, (e) the object has only one obtuse angle that does not face the first point of view, and/or (f) the object has a number of obtuse angles that do not face the first point of view; automatically determining a number of views required to dimension the object based on a first mode, a second mode, or a third mode of the dimensioning system, wherein the number of views required to dimension the object in the first mode is one single view, wherein the number of views to dimension the object in the second mode is two, and wherein the number of views required to dimension the object in the third mode is more than two; automatically calculating dimensional data of the object based on: the first mode using the first view of the object as the one single view when: the object is determined to be cuboid, or has no protrusions and only one obtuse angle that does not face the first point of view, and the object is determined to include no non-flat sides in the first view; the object is determined to be cuboid, or has no protrusions and only one obtuse angle that does not face the first point of view, and the object is determined to include no non-flat sides in the first view; the second mode using the first view and a second view of the object when the object is determined to include a single obtuse angle that faces the first point of view and no protrusions, the second view being acquired after determining that the object includes a side that is non-flat in the first view and being based on a first movement of the dimensioning system, a first movement of the object, or both; and the third mode using the first view, the second view, and one or more additional views of the object when the object is determined to include a protrusion and/or more than one obtuse angle, overhang, protrusion, or combinations thereof, each additional view being acquired after determining that the object includes a side that is non-flat in the first view or the second view and being based on additional movement of the dimensioning system, an additional movement of the object, or both.