Import points list in Point Picking?

[mlc]

Hello,

I used to use the Point Picking tool a lot to visualize positions at which I did measurements on objects: I had a 3D model of my object, I did a measurement with an emitter and a receiver put on the object surface, I picked the positions at which I put them with Picking Point tool.
If I had to redo measurements later on, I could re-open my file, visualize the positions and re-use them, and I could also add new positions easily.
And I also used to extract the coordinates at which I performed measurement from the 2D label.

However, now it is more the other way around. I know before hand the measurement positions (they are automatically determined): so I have a set of (x, y, z) coordinates and I would like to make the corresponding points stand out from the rest of the model, to visualize them.

I know I could visualize the positions in another software and use Point Picking in CloudCompare but I have generally 200 positions, so it is not very efficient to do it by hand, I would have liked to have something a bit automatic.

Is there a way I could import a set of (x, y, z) coordinates in CloudCompare and create 2D labels of Points from them? If it is possible, what format should I use to do this? Or maybe there is another way to achieve what I want to do, without using Point Picking?

I would deeply appreciate any help or idea.
Thank you very much in advance.

Kind regards,
Marie-Laure

[daniel]

Sorry for the late answer.

You can load an ASCII file with labels as a columns (like: X Y Z "something"). That may do the trick?

[mlc]

Hello. Thank you very much for your answer. It works indeed! Thank you.