What is a .PTS file?
PTS is a plain-text point cloud of 3D coordinates with colour or intensity.
- Did you know
- PTS stores a laser scan as a simple list of points, one per line.
- PTS is a plain ASCII format whose first line is the point count, followed by X, Y, Z, intensity and optional R, G, B per line.
- It originates with Leica Geosystems and is the “dumb” cousin of PTX, which adds each scan’s position and orientation matrix.
- What Analyser reads
- Header and metadata extraction for 3D meshes, voxels, BIM, point clouds and Gaussian splats: Wavefront OBJ, Stanford PLY, OFF, glTF, AMF, MagicaVoxel VOX, COLLADA DAE/ZAE, USD crate, X3D/VRML, LightWave LWO/LWS, Quake MD2/MD3/MDL, VRM avatars, Siemens JT, LAS/LAZ/PCD/PTS/E57 LiDAR clouds, IFC BIM, and .splat/.spz - vertex/face/point counts, bounding boxes, units and authoring tool.
- Depth of analysis
- .PTS is an identification-grade format: Analyser recognises it from its bytes and decodes the header metadata it carries, rather than opening it in a full viewer. Formats that do get a full viewer are marked "Full" on the formats page.
- Open a .PTS file
- Drag a .PTS file onto the Analyser home page (or tap to pick one). It is identified entirely in your browser - nothing is uploaded, there is no account, and it works offline once installed.