View XYZ point cloud files online, with 3D scan and scientific measurement data displayed instantly, supporting colors and smooth preview.
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XYZ is a common point cloud file format where each line records the coordinates of a point, often used in 3D scanning and scientific measurement. This tool opens XYZ files directly in the browser, displaying the point cloud shape and color information in real time, making it easy to quickly inspect and share data. No file upload is needed, so your data stays private.
XYZ has no single official layout, so here is exactly how each line is read.
| On a line | What happens |
|---|---|
| 3 numbers | Read as x y z; the point is shown in a default color |
| 6 or more numbers | The first 3 are the position, numbers 4 to 6 are red, green and blue (0 to 255); further numbers are ignored |
| Separators | Spaces or tabs |
| Lines starting with #, // or ; | Skipped as comments |
| Text headers | Skipped |
| Problem | Likely cause | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| Nothing shows up | Values are separated by commas | Replace commas with spaces, or export with space separators. |
| Colors look strange | Columns 4 to 6 hold normals or colors from 0 to 1, not 0 to 255 | Export colors as 0 to 255 values, or remove those columns. |
| Only part of the scan is visible | Points are spread over a very large area | Zoom out to see the whole cloud. |
| Intensity is not shown | A 4th column alone is not read as color | Export RGB colors if you need them in the view. |
Point size adjustment is not currently supported, but you can rotate and zoom to explore different levels of detail. Zooming in lets you inspect local structure clearly, while zooming out gives an overview, which covers most inspection needs.
Open multiple files one after another and they will be overlaid in the same scene, so you can directly compare different scan results. This makes it easy to see differences between repeated scans for data verification and quality checks.
XYZ is a simple text format with one point per line, storing coordinates plus optional colors. PCD is more structured and can include fields such as intensity. This site uses a dedicated viewer for each format.
Point cloud tools such as CloudCompare and MeshLab can save plain-text XYZ, and many scanners and survey programs export it too.
Yes, with the PLY viewer and the PCD viewer on this site.
Not directly. Points have no surface, so to do that, first build a mesh from them in a program such as MeshLab or CloudCompare, then export STL.
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