📄 threejs/Addons/Loaders/XYZLoader

File: XYZLoader.md | Updated: 11/15/2025


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XYZLoader

A loader for the XYZ format.

XYZ is a very simple format for storing point clouds. The layouts XYZ (points) and XYZRGB (points + colors) are supported.

Code Example

const loader = new XYZLoader();
const geometry = await loader.loadAsync( 'models/xyz/helix_201.xyz' );
geometry.center();
const vertexColors = ( geometry.hasAttribute( 'color' ) === true );
const material = new THREE.PointsMaterial( { size: 0.1, vertexColors: vertexColors } );
const points = new THREE.Points( geometry, material );
scene.add( points );

Import

XYZLoader is an addon, and must be imported explicitly, see Installation#Addons.

import { XYZLoader } from 'three/addons/loaders/XYZLoader.js';

Constructor

new XYZLoader()

Methods

.load( url : string, onLoad : function, onProgress : onProgressCallback, onError : onErrorCallback )

Starts loading from the given URL and passes the loaded XYZ asset to the onLoad() callback.

url | The path/URL of the file to be loaded. This can also be a data URI.
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onLoad | Executed when the loading process has been finished.
onProgress | Executed while the loading is in progress.
onError | Executed when errors occur.

Overrides: Loader#load

.parse( text : string ) : BufferGeometry

Parses the given XYZ data and returns the resulting geometry.

text | The raw XYZ data as a string.
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Overrides: Loader#parse

Returns: The geometry representing the point cloud.

Source

examples/jsm/loaders/XYZLoader.js