PointCloud class

The point cloud contains no topology information but only the control points and the vertex elements.

Inheritance: PointCloud → Geometry → Entity → SceneObject → A3DObject

The PointCloud type exposes the following members:

Constructors

Constructor	Description
`__init__(self, name)`	Constructor of `PointCloud`
`__init__(self)`	Constructor of `PointCloud`

Properties

Property	Description
name	Gets or sets the name.
properties	Gets the collection of all properties.
scene	Gets the scene that this object belongs to
parent_nodes	Gets all parent nodes, an entity can be attached to multiple parent nodes for geometry instancing
excluded	Gets or sets whether to exclude this entity during exporting.
parent_node	Gets or sets the first parent node, if set the first parent node, this entity will be detached from other parent nodes.
visible	Gets or sets if the geometry is visible
deformers	Gets all deformers associated with this geometry.
control_points	Gets all control points
cast_shadows	Gets or sets whether this geometry can cast shadow
receive_shadows	Gets or sets whether this geometry can receive shadow.
vertex_elements	Gets all vertex elements
dimension	If a dimension value is present for the point cloud, it indicates an organized point cloud. Without a specified size, it is considered an unorganized point cloud. Organized point cloud means it has an image-like structure.

Methods

Method	Description
`remove_property(self, property)`	Removes a dynamic property.
`remove_property(self, property)`	Remove the specified property identified by name
`create_element(self, type)`	Creates a vertex element with specified type and add it to the geometry.
`create_element(self, type, mapping_mode, reference_mode)`	Creates a vertex element with specified type and add it to the geometry.
`create_element_uv(self, uv_mapping)`	Creates a `VertexElementUV` with given texture mapping type.
`create_element_uv(self, uv_mapping, mapping_mode, reference_mode)`	Creates a `VertexElementUV` with given texture mapping type.
`from_geometry(, g)`	Create a new PointCloud instance from a geometry object
`from_geometry(, g, density)`	Create a new point cloud instance from a geometry object. Density is the number of points per unit triangle(Unit triangle are the triangle with maximum surface area from the mesh)
`get_property(self, property)`	Get the value of specified property
`set_property(self, property, value)`	Sets the value of specified property
`find_property(self, property_name)`	Finds the property. It can be a dynamic property (Created by CreateDynamicProperty/SetProperty) or native property(Identified by its name)
`get_bounding_box(self)`	Gets the bounding box of current entity in its object space coordinate system.
`get_entity_renderer_key(self)`	Gets the key of the entity renderer registered in the renderer
`get_element(self, type)`	Gets a vertex element with specified type
`get_vertex_element_of_uv(self, texture_mapping)`	Gets a `VertexElementUV` instance with given texture mapping type
`add_element(self, element)`	Adds an existing vertex element to current geometry

PointCloud class

PointCloud class

Constructors

Properties

Methods

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