Points Import

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Points Import

Menu location
Points → Import points...
Workbenches
Points
Default shortcut
None
Introduced in version
-
See also
None

Description

The Points Import command imports a point cloud from a file.

Usage

  1. There are several ways to invoke the command:
    • Press the Points Import button.
    • Select the Points → Import Points... option from the menu.
  2. Select a point cloud file.
  3. Press the Open button.

Properties

Point cloud objects are App GeoFeature objects with the following additional properties. Select the Show all option from the Property editor context menu to display the hidden properties.

Data

Hidden Data properties

Base

  • DataPoints (PointsKernel): a Points PointsKernel associated with this object.

View

Base

  • ViewPoint Size (FloatConstraint): the size of the points in the 3D view.

Point cloud file format

  • A point cloud file must have the .asc, .pcd or .ply extension.
  • Each line in the file must list the X, Y and Z coordinates of a point.
  • The coordinates must be separated by spaces.
  • The coordinates must use a decimal point, not a decimal comma.

Sample point cloud file

0 0 0
1.4562 -7.2354 12.2367
5.9423 3.1728 -17.6439

For testing you can use this file, which is a low polygon version of the Stanford Bunny.