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Say you generate some random points using Geometry Nodes, how can you get all those point coordinates using the python api?

The only hint I have is that the point coords are located under Point Cloud in the Spreadsheet Editor.

Basically, I want to use those coordinates for scripting other stuff I can't do with Geometry Nodes yet.

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This is a workaround and I hope there is (or will eventually be) an easier way to access point cloud data in the API.

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In your GN tree add an Instance on Points node, plug in a Mesh Line or a Points node set to a Count of 1 to get a single vertex at $(0, 0, 0)$.

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In theory we should be able to access the vertices' geometry but for now the geometry is not "real". We need to realize the instances with a Realize Instances node.

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Then, we need to access the evaluated mesh, after the GN modifier has been evaluated. For that we can use the context dependency graph.

import bpy
import numpy as np

depsgraph = bpy.context.evaluated_depsgraph_get()
obj = bpy.context.active_object.evaluated_get(depsgraph)

coords = np.zeros(len(obj.data.vertices) * 3, dtype=float)
obj.data.vertices.foreach_get("co", coords)

print(coords)  # This is a flattened array

coords = coords.reshape(len(obj.data.vertices), 3)

print(coords)  # This is a 3D array

Result :

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    $\begingroup$ i love workaround if they work!! Great job! $\endgroup$
    – Chris
    Commented Jun 10, 2021 at 7:18
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    $\begingroup$ Yeah, hopefully they simplify this so vertex instancing isn't needed, but for now it works so thank you! $\endgroup$
    – Armored Wolf
    Commented Jun 10, 2021 at 14:41
  • $\begingroup$ There is a "points to vertices" node, I don't know if there was back in 2021. $\endgroup$
    – Markus von Broady
    Commented Dec 8, 2023 at 14:09
  • $\begingroup$ @MarkusvonBroady I don't think it did ! Have you tried if it works without the realize instances trick ? $\endgroup$
    – Gorgious
    Commented Dec 8, 2023 at 15:23
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    $\begingroup$ @Gorgious I did: blender.stackexchange.com/a/289622/60486 $\endgroup$
    – Markus von Broady
    Commented Dec 8, 2023 at 15:53

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