Point Cloud Render Shape

[Anonymous]

Hello, I am converting 3D meshes into point clouds and then using the Arnold render to render them. I would like to create an animation fly-through of these renders. The renderer creates the point cloud as circular colors. I was hoping to render these points as squares or cubes (This is an art project).

Is this possible in Arnold or could you point me in the right direction?

[BenBisares]

What are you using to convert your 3D meshes to point clouds?

Just thinking out loud but if it was possible to convert your mesh into a particle system it would open up more possibilities. For example each particle could be replaced with a camera facing 2D shape that can have a material applied. You can do all sorts of things with that.

As is stands I'm unaware of a way to have Arnold render the individual points in a point cloud as a different shape but someone better versed in Arnold than me may know of a way.