# Visualize user made .ply properties with paraview

**URL:** https://discourse.vtk.org/t/visualize-user-made-ply-properties-with-paraview/6886
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [October 14, 2021, 1:06pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/visualize-user-made-ply-properties-with-paraview/6886 "2021-10-14T13:06:54Z")
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### Author: ![Benjamin\_Fouquet](https://discourse.vtk.org/user_avatar/discourse.vtk.org/benjamin_fouquet/32/4073_2.png) [@Benjamin\_Fouquet](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/Benjamin_Fouquet)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2021, 1:06pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/visualize-user-made-ply-properties-with-paraview/6886/1 "2021-10-14T13:06:54Z")

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Hello there,

I have a .ply file with a user-defined property for each vertex. The property is a float value that is supposed to show the intensity of a particular vertex. Is there any elegant way to display this value in paraview following a heat map for instance ?

Bests,