# Inserting Point Clouds from a Public URL

The Qbitec plugin support to insert Potree 2 point clouds from a public available URL directly into Revit.

Potree 2 point clouds consist of three files:

- metadata.json
- octree.bin
- hierarchy.bin

To insert such a point cloud into Revit go to the Qbitec Ribbon and click on Insert **Point Cloud** and then on **Public URL.**

[![image.png](https://qbitec.com/kb/uploads/images/gallery/2026-03/scaled-1680-/4Hgimage.png)](https://qbitec.com/kb/uploads/images/gallery/2026-03/4Hgimage.png)

Then enter the URL of the containing path of the three file e.g. [https://qbitec.com/pc](https://qbitec.com/pc)

[![image.png](https://qbitec.com/kb/uploads/images/gallery/2026-03/scaled-1680-/aRaimage.png)](https://qbitec.com/kb/uploads/images/gallery/2026-03/aRaimage.png)

Finally click on the **Insert** button. You have the same Insertion Modes available as for other point clouds.

#### Current limitations

Currently it is not supported to access non-public PoTree URLs which needs some kind of authentication or access token.

We also currently do not support the older PoTree 1 format.