# Load ply fails with apple sharp model

**URL:** <https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/load-ply-fails-with-apple-sharp-model/61988>\
**Category:** Bugs\
**Created:** [January 2, 2026, 11:08am UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/load-ply-fails-with-apple-sharp-model/61988 "2026-01-02T11:08:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![pbsmart](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/pbsmart/32/49521_2.png) [@pbsmart](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/pbsmart)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 11:08am UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/load-ply-fails-with-apple-sharp-model/61988/1 "2026-01-02T11:08:55Z")

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I found that Babylon.js fails to load the PLY file generated by Apple’s open-source image-to-Gaussian splat model sharp. It also fails to load in the official sandbox. Could you please tell me what might be missing or incompatible?

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**Author:** ![CrashMaster](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/crashmaster/32/23662_2.png) [@CrashMaster](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/CrashMaster)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 11:38am UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/load-ply-fails-with-apple-sharp-model/61988/2 "2026-01-02T11:38:39Z")

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Do you have a link to the file 🤔 ?

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**Author:** ![pbsmart](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/pbsmart/32/49521_2.png) [@pbsmart](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/pbsmart)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 12:01pm UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/load-ply-fails-with-apple-sharp-model/61988/3 "2026-01-02T12:01:51Z")

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[https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pbsmart/files/refs/heads/main/teaser.ply](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pbsmart/files/refs/heads/main/teaser.ply)

**It can load normally at [SuperSplat Editor](https://superspl.at/editor)**

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**Author:** ![sebavan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/sebavan/32/57_2.png) [@sebavan](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/sebavan)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 4:18pm UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/load-ply-fails-with-apple-sharp-model/61988/4 "2026-01-02T16:18:07Z")

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@Cedric will have a look soon after the break

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**Author:** ![sebavan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/sebavan/32/57_2.png) [@sebavan](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/sebavan)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 4:18pm UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/load-ply-fails-with-apple-sharp-model/61988/5 "2026-01-02T16:18:12Z")

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**Author:** ![Cedric](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/cedric/32/2742_2.png) [@Cedric](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/Cedric)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2026, 9:42am UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/load-ply-fails-with-apple-sharp-model/61988/6 "2026-01-05T09:42:33Z")

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Fixed with [Fix unused PLY properties by CedricGuillemet · Pull Request #17602 · BabylonJS/Babylon.js · GitHub](https://github.com/BabylonJS/Babylon.js/pull/17602)

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**Author:** ![Cedric](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/cedric/32/2742_2.png) [@Cedric](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/Cedric)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2026, 9:42am UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/load-ply-fails-with-apple-sharp-model/61988/7 "2026-01-05T09:42:37Z")

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