Importing unstructured point cloud data from filesystem

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Hi,

is it possible to import unstructured point cloud data in the Slicer UI? Ideally using .ply format.

I have tried the following .ply and .vtk files – Slicer loads both as “Model” and shows “Number of points” as 5 in the “Models” module, but does not show any points in the 3D viewer.

# vtk DataFile Version 4.0
vtk output
ASCII
DATASET POLYDATA
POINTS 5 float
0.0 0.0 0.0
1.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 1.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 1.0
1.0 1.0 1.0

ply
format ascii 1.0
element vertex 5
property float x
property float y
property float z
end_header
0.0 0.0 0.0
1.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 1.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 1.0
1.0 1.0 1.0

Any help is appreciated!
Tamaz