# Exporting Point Cloud

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/exporting-point-cloud/13797>\
**Category:** Libraries\
**Created:** [September 4, 2019, 1:07pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/exporting-point-cloud/13797 "2019-09-04T13:07:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![kud7](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/kud7/32/673_2.png) [@kud7](https://discourse.processing.org/u/kud7)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 1:07pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/exporting-point-cloud/13797/1 "2019-09-04T13:07:08Z")

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Hi,  
what’re my options to export Kinect point cloud data, alembic or obj format from Processing? The idea is to import point cloud data or sequence to Cinema 4D?  
Thanks!

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**Author:** ![josephh](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/josephh/32/210_2.png) [@josephh](https://discourse.processing.org/u/josephh)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2019, 10:22am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/exporting-point-cloud/13797/2 "2019-09-05T10:22:13Z")

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Hi,

You can check out the library ToxicLibs :

- [https://funprogramming.org/152-Exporting-3D-shapes-as-obj-files-in-Processing.html](https://funprogramming.org/152-Exporting-3D-shapes-as-obj-files-in-Processing.html)

- [http://toxiclibs.org/about/](http://toxiclibs.org/about/)

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**Author:** ![jeremydouglass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/jeremydouglass/32/20_2.png) [@jeremydouglass](https://discourse.processing.org/u/jeremydouglass)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2019, 7:11pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/exporting-point-cloud/13797/3 "2019-09-05T19:11:50Z")

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Perhaps this example is what you are looking for?

- RecordPointCloud: “How to record Point Cloud Data and store it in several obj files.” [https://github.com/ThomasLengeling/KinectPV2/tree/master/KinectPV2/examples/RecordPointCloud](https://github.com/ThomasLengeling/KinectPV2/tree/master/KinectPV2/examples/RecordPointCloud)

Also, related past discussions:

- [https://forum.processing.org/two/discussion/18019/can-i-extract-the-point-data-i-get-from-the-kinect-to-be-used-in-after-effects](https://forum.processing.org/two/discussion/18019/can-i-extract-the-point-data-i-get-from-the-kinect-to-be-used-in-after-effects)
- [https://forum.processing.org/two/discussion/24728/export-positions-of-joints-in-skeleton-tracking-function-in-kinectpv2-to-obj-file](https://forum.processing.org/two/discussion/24728/export-positions-of-joints-in-skeleton-tracking-function-in-kinectpv2-to-obj-file)

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**Author:** ![fliim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ad7895/32.png) [@fliim](https://discourse.processing.org/u/fliim)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 1:12am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/exporting-point-cloud/13797/4 "2019-09-06T01:12:43Z")

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Awesome, I’ll have a look thank you

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**Author:** ![kud7](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/kud7/32/673_2.png) [@kud7](https://discourse.processing.org/u/kud7)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 4:27am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/exporting-point-cloud/13797/5 "2019-09-06T04:27:59Z")

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All sorted, thank you 😀