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Cesium 3D Point Cloud Quick Facts

About Quick Facts Tables

Format Type Identifier

CESIUM3DPC

Reader/Writer

Both

Licensing Level

Professional and above

Dependencies

None

Dataset Type

Reader: File

Writer: Folder

Feature Type

file base name

Typical File Extensions

.pnts

Automated Translation Support

Yes

User-Defined Attributes

No

Coordinate System Support

No

Generic Color Support

No

Spatial Index

Never

Schema Required

No

Transaction Support

No

Encoding Support No

Geometry Type Attribute

cesium3dpc_type

Cesium 3D Point Cloud Geometry Support

Geometry

Supported?

aggregate no

circles

no

circular arc

no

donut polygon

no

elliptical arc

no

ellipses

no

line

no

none

no

point

no

point cloud

yes

polygon

no

raster

no

solid

no

surface

no

text

no

z values

yes

Cesium 3D Point Cloud Component Data Type

Point Cloud Component

Data Type

x Float32
y Float32
z Float32
color_red UInt8
color_green UInt8
color_blue UInt8