# Importing unstructured point cloud data from filesystem

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/importing-unstructured-point-cloud-data-from-filesystem/34126>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [February 2, 2024, 7:49pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/importing-unstructured-point-cloud-data-from-filesystem/34126 "2024-02-02T19:49:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![a.tamaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@a.tamaz](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/a.tamaz)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2024, 7:49pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/importing-unstructured-point-cloud-data-from-filesystem/34126/1 "2024-02-02T19:49:06Z")

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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.

```auto
# 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

```

```auto
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