How can I do that? Is there a way to export the point cloud from TouchDesigner as a .PLY file and then import it into a new project, or is there some way to convert the operators so I can simply continue working in the same project?
Everything I have searched for or tried so far has not worked.
If you are using TOPs for your point clouds as that tutorial shows, you can save out using the Movie File Out TOP, same them out as OpenEXR format.
On the EXR parameter page, there is even a “Save as Point Cloud” option you can turn on and then when you drag the fiel into a new project it is loaded as a point cloud instead of a color image.
Note that the second tutorial is now about doing Point Clouds in the new POPs operator family. POPs were just released in 2025 and are the newer way to work with point clouds, particles, and 3D geometry in TouchDesigner. They are a bit more intuitive for point clouds and 3D workflows than the older TOP workflows because TOPs was based around image formats, but back then its what we had to work with when wanting to do GPU-based operations. All this is to say, be ready to learn the new OP family!
Could you tell me which operator I should connect the Movie File Out TOP to? As you can see in the screenshot, I connected it to a Null, but when I export it, the object does not appear.
