# How to Colorize the Reconstructed Surface of Point Clouds Using Scalar Values?

**URL:** https://discourse.vtk.org/t/how-to-colorize-the-reconstructed-surface-of-point-clouds-using-scalar-values/11635
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** code
**Created:** [June 8, 2023, 7:39am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/how-to-colorize-the-reconstructed-surface-of-point-clouds-using-scalar-values/11635 "2023-06-08T07:39:49Z")
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### Author: ![Paulo\_Carvalho](https://discourse.vtk.org/user_avatar/discourse.vtk.org/paulo_carvalho/32/370_2.png) [@Paulo\_Carvalho](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/Paulo_Carvalho)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2023, 1:32pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/how-to-colorize-the-reconstructed-surface-of-point-clouds-using-scalar-values/11635/2 "2023-06-09T13:32:58Z")

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Hi,

`vtkProbeFilter` does what you need. Please, read about it here: [https://vtk.org/doc/nightly/html/classvtkProbeFilter.html#details](https://vtk.org/doc/nightly/html/classvtkProbeFilter.html#details) (there is also a link to some examples).

There is also an in-depth discussion and code snippets about a similar issue here: [How to project points to Polydata? - #3 by scotsman60](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/how-to-project-points-to-polydata/5694/3)

regards,

PC

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