The width of each point in the geometry element, as measured in the geometry's local 3D coordinate space.
SDKs
- iOS 11.0+
- macOS 10.13+
- Mac Catalyst 13.0+
- tvOS 11.0+
- watchOS 4.0+
Framework
- Scene
Kit
Declaration
var pointSize: CGFloat { get set }
Discussion
Some visual effects call for rendering a geometry as a collection of individual points—that is, a point cloud, not a solid surface or wireframe mesh. When you use this option, SceneKit can render each point as a small 2D surface that always faces the camera. By applying a texture or custom shader to that surface, you can efficiently render many small objects at once.
To render a geometry element as a point cloud, you must set three properties: point, minimum, and maximum. Use point to determine how large each point appears in world space, so that points farther away appear as smaller 2D surfaces. Use the minimum and maximum radius properties to ensure that the on-screen rendering of each point fits within a certain range of pixel sizes.