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Hi all,
I am importing a txt file with X, Y, Z and Scalar field values. The coordinates are projected (so in meters) and I correctly apply the shift to have a similar scale. Unfortunately the point cloud still remains like a line of points (the typical error when you import geographic coordinates). By clicking the info of a random point I can say that the Z coordinate is not read but it's associated to the scalar field (that has big numbers). I wonder how it is possible to specify the right column for the Z coordinates or if there are other solutions to import this cloud.
Here an example:

XCoord,YCoord,ZCoord,GRID_COD_1
620374.55108052,5148453.86907267,3893.699951,1659190.000000
620374.85108052,5148453.86907267,3894.169922,1715560.000000
620375.15108052,5148453.86907267,3894.649902,1840670.000000
620375.45108052,5148453.86907267,3895.129883,1875600.000000
620375.75108052,5148453.86907267,3895.600098,1880090.000000
620376.05108052,5148453.86907267,3896.080078,2029570.000000
620376.35108052,5148453.86907267,3896.550049,2155520.000000

Thank you very much,
Stefano

In the 'ASCII file' loading dialog, you can check and change the role of each column.

But on my side the roles are properly assigned (with the 2.13.alpha version at least):

Hi Daniel,
thank you for your interest. I gave a try also on the 2.13 but the result is the same: a correct importation (like the screenshot you showed) but a wrong cloud generation. If you pick the information of a single point the weird thing is that the scalar value is duplicated both on the scalar field and Z (see attachment)...
I can send you the cloud if you need to try as well.
Thank you again,
Stefano

Yes, it will be probably easier. You can send it to admin[at]cloudcompare.org

Dear all,
i thank Daniel for the suggestion: at mid cloud (4 million line on 9 millions) of the txt file he noticed that the Z was switched with the scalar field value, probably an error due to ArcGIS exportation. I solved the problem by re-exporting the cloud with SAGA gis.
Have a nice day everyone!
Stefano