# Raw Data of Pointcloud

**URL:** <https://community.cesium.com/t/raw-data-of-pointcloud/17706>\
**Category:** CesiumJS\
**Created:** [March 15, 2022, 2:48am UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/raw-data-of-pointcloud/17706 "2022-03-15T02:48:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![shresthaprasun](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/cesium/user_avatar/community.cesium.com/shresthaprasun/32/3476_2.png) [@shresthaprasun](https://community.cesium.com/u/shresthaprasun)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2022, 2:48am UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/raw-data-of-pointcloud/17706/1 "2022-03-15T02:48:52Z")

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Hi!, How can I get the raw vertices of the Pointcloud after loading from Cesium Ion?

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**Author:** ![sam.rothstein](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/cesium/user_avatar/community.cesium.com/sam.rothstein/32/6584_2.png) [@sam.rothstein](https://community.cesium.com/u/sam.rothstein)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2022, 5:58pm UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/raw-data-of-pointcloud/17706/2 "2022-04-01T17:58:05Z")

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Hi @shresthaprasun,

Welcome to the community! I recommend checking out the following threads that are related to point clouds in CesiumJS:

- [3D tiles point cloud feature picking](https://community.cesium.com/t/3d-tiles-point-cloud-feature-picking/5232)
- [How to color the point cloud according to the dynamic point range](https://community.cesium.com/t/how-to-color-the-point-cloud-according-to-the-dynamic-point-range/10130)
- [Millimeter precision point clouds running in Cesium](https://community.cesium.com/t/millimeter-precision-point-clouds-running-in-cesium/7097)
- [Limiting scene.pickPosition to return only positions on a point cloud?](https://community.cesium.com/t/limiting-scene-pickposition-to-return-only-positions-on-a-point-cloud/8910)

Are you looking to access the raw vertices of the entire point cloud or only specific points?

-Sam

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**Author:** ![shresthaprasun](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/cesium/user_avatar/community.cesium.com/shresthaprasun/32/3476_2.png) [@shresthaprasun](https://community.cesium.com/u/shresthaprasun)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2022, 5:47am UTC](https://community.cesium.com/t/raw-data-of-pointcloud/17706/3 "2022-04-03T05:47:19Z")

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There is a requirement to hit pointcloud by any arbitrary ray and get the hit point. So my approach was to get all or part of the vertices of the pointcloud and triangulate to get the mesh where I can do the arbitrary ray casting. So I am looking to get all or part of point cloud depending on the size of pointcloud if possible.