Is it possible to load in/render .PLY or similar point cloud formats in godot

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Hello I am currently searching for any information on how to import and view 3d point cloud data into a scene. I have tried seen similar facilities in other engines through addons etc. Is this sort of functionality available and are there any coding examples or starting points for a new user i.e. tutorials that I can be pointed towards.

Godot version 3.2.3 stable
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https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/classes/class_pointmesh.html

Can be used to render point cloud.

No .PLY Importer for godot as far as I know. (You can always implement one if you know how, or use GDNative to bind some existing C/C++ library ).

Edit:
Changed link to english doc.

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Many thanks for the information. I fear it may be out of my league for now, but I shall definitely revisit this at some stage

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