# Instancing Point Cloud

**URL:** <https://discourse.threejs.org/t/instancing-point-cloud/12280>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** instancing, materials, textures, geometry\
**Created:** [January 22, 2020, 10:16pm UTC](https://discourse.threejs.org/t/instancing-point-cloud/12280 "2020-01-22T22:16:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mugen87](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.threejs.org/mugen87/32/5645_2.png) [@Mugen87](https://discourse.threejs.org/u/Mugen87)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 9:32pm UTC](https://discourse.threejs.org/t/instancing-point-cloud/12280/8 "2020-01-30T21:32:55Z")

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Update fiddle: [https://jsfiddle.net/h9fnx3sy/](https://jsfiddle.net/h9fnx3sy/)

You’ve tried to render a mesh instead of a point cloud 😉

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