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title: "PxrBakePointCloud"
canonical: "https://rmanwiki-25.pixar.com/space/REN25/20416212/PxrBakePointCloud"
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*PxrBakePointCloud* can be used as a pass-through node for baking patterns networks to 3D point clouds as part of the [baking](https://renderman.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/REN25/pages/20416826) workflow.

### Parameters

#### Input Color

This is the incoming result of the pattern network to be baked. This connection requires a color (RGB).

#### Input Float

This is the incoming result of a pattern network where the output is a float or scalar value. This is useful for baking some procedural noise like PxrVoronoise.

#### Filename

The input/output filename of the resulting baked point cloud.

> ⚠️ This parameter is required.

#### Bake Mode

Enable or disable point cloud baking.

#### File Type

Output file type display driver: PTC (.ptc)

#### Density

Density of baking points per unit in world space. Larger values create more points.

#### Coordinate System

Output point cloud coordinate space:

- world
- object
- camera
- ptex (outputs Ptex compatible point cloud (.ptc) file for use with the ptxmake utility.

> ⚠️ Ptex requires that the geometry have a '__faceindex' primvar.