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Hi all,
I'm looking for the fastest possible rendering of points. I thought about using width attribute but looks to me it only works on curves. Should I use some kind of override on materials?
Thanks for any help.

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Hi all,
I'm looking for the fastest possible rendering of points. I thought about using width attribute but looks to me it only works on curves. Should I use some kind of override on materials?
Thanks for any help.

kuba

The width attribute works on points too.
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Mark, just discovered that it's necessary to specify local variable for with attribute as well. Previously it didn't work since I only put width in a name field - not very clever of me. :?
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I definitely miss something…. I attach the file. Line renders fine, points don't…

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don't forget to check Render As Points in Render/Geometry tab of your geo
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Thanks, that was it. I found out as well that the colour needs to be assigned after creation width attribute otherwise it will be applied only at the edge. That makes sense.
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