Shape

Point

A small sphere used as a dot or marker, with one Size setting. Use for markers, hotspots, light positions and dots in a scene.

  • point
  • dot
  • marker
  • vertex

Settings and defaults

Material

Color
#ffffff
Opacity
1

shape

Size
0.1

The Point is a small sphere used as a dot. It is the simplest marker in the library: put it where you want to show a location, a hotspot on a product, a node in a diagram or the position of a light.

Shape settings

The point has one setting, Size (0.02 to 0.5), the radius of the dot. Its round surface is fixed at a moderate level of detail, so it stays light even when you place many of them.

Display modes and materials

Solid is the usual mode: a clean round dot. The point and line modes also work, so a larger point can become a tiny cloud of particles or a wireframe ball. Any material goes on it: a bright emissive colour for a glowing marker (add bloom for a halo), gold for a premium accent, a matte colour for a diagram dot.

If you need a full sphere with its own Radius, Segments and Rings, use the Sphere instead; if you need thousands of dots, the particles objects are built for that.

Use it for

  • Hotspots and markers on a product or map
  • Nodes and dots in data and network diagrams
  • Showing where a light or camera sits

Code and API

Ready-to-paste React Three Fiber code and the 3DRise API are included in paid plans, inside the studio.

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Works well with