Editing Point Cloud Objects

In Edit Mode, you can apply basic editing operations to point cloud objects.

Tip

Point clouds can be converted to or from mesh objects for workflows that require geometry-based editing or further processing.

Transform

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Mode:

Edit Mode

Menu:

Point Cloud ‣ Transform

Standard transformation operators such as Move, Rotate, and Scale can be used to manipulate selected points within the point cloud.

These operators are useful for repositioning, aligning, or reshaping clusters of points manually.

Duplicate

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Mode:

Edit Mode

Menu:

Point Cloud ‣ Duplicate

Shortcut:

Shift-D

Creates a copy of the selected points and reposition the duplicated points.

Duplicated points inherit all attributes from the original points. - Can be used for manually scattering point clusters or duplicating specific regions for further modification.

Set Attribute

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Mode:

Edit Mode

Menu:

Point Cloud ‣ Set Attribute

Opens a pop-up window showing the name of the active attribute as well as the value of that attribute for the selected points From there, you assign a new value to a selected attribute across all selected points.

This tool is useful for uniformly setting attribute values such as size, color, or velocity across selected points.

Delete

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Mode:

Edit Mode

Menu:

Point Cloud ‣ Delete

Shortcut:

X or Delete

Removes selected points from the point cloud.

Separate

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Mode:

Edit Mode

Menu:

Point Cloud ‣ Separate

Shortcut:

P

Creates a new point cloud object from the currently selected points.

This is useful for breaking a larger scan or dataset into manageable segments or organizing different regions of points into separate objects.