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createPointCloud#getPointRecord

Summary

createPointCloud#getPointRecord returns a copied CPU-side point record for picking or inspection. It returns null when CPU point data is not retained or the index is not an in-range integer. The optional color is present only when a CPU color snapshot is retained.

Syntax

PointCloud.getPointRecord(index: number): {
    position: [number, number, number];
    scalar: number;
    color: [number, number, number, number] | null;
    packed: [number, number, number, number];
} | null
const record = pointCloud.getPointRecord(index);

Parameters

Name Type Required Description
index number Yes Zero-based point index.

Returns

The copied point record, or null when it is unavailable. packed is the original [x, y, z, scalar] tuple.

Example

const canvas = document.querySelector("canvas");
const wgpu = await WasmGPU.create(canvas);

const pointCloud = wgpu.createPointCloud({ data: new Float32Array([0, 0, 0, 0.1, 1, 0, 0, 0.8]), scaleTransform: { mode: "linear", domainMin: 0, domainMax: 1 } });
const record = pointCloud.getPointRecord(1);
console.log(record?.packed); // [1, 0, 0, 0.8]

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