# Take a Picture of the 3D Model (Point Cloud & Mesh) **URL:** \ **Category:** PIX4Dmapper Questions/Troubleshooting\ **Created:** [February 28, 2020, 6:04pm UTC](https://community.pix4d.com/t/take-a-picture-of-the-3d-model-point-cloud-mesh/11789 "2020-02-28T18:04:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ameyer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/34f0e0/32.png) [@ameyer](https://community.pix4d.com/u/ameyer)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2020, 6:04pm UTC](https://community.pix4d.com/t/take-a-picture-of-the-3d-model-point-cloud-mesh/11789/1 "2020-02-28T18:04:00Z")
Is there a way to take a picture of the 3D model (the point cloud and mesh), similar to rendering a video animation? I’ve tried accomplishing this with the orthoplane, but that generates a picture and all my shots are in nadir, so they don’t turn out correctly. I know I could just do a screen capture, but it would be nice to have a rendered picture of the model. ---
**Author:** ![Kapil\_Khanal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/pix4d/user_avatar/community.pix4d.com/kapil_khanal/32/304_2.png) [@Kapil\_Khanal](https://community.pix4d.com/u/Kapil_Khanal)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2020, 9:15am UTC](https://community.pix4d.com/t/take-a-picture-of-the-3d-model-point-cloud-mesh/11789/2 "2020-03-04T09:15:03Z")
Hi @ameyer. If you are using the Pix4D cloud, you can take the screenshot using the icon as shown in the figure below. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/pix4d/original/2X/9/911dcd4ee20264482b4bf67df8e6499a5c49a6c7.jpeg) If you are using the desktop version of Pix4Dmapper than this option is not available. Regards, ---
**Author:** ![ameyer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/34f0e0/32.png) [@ameyer](https://community.pix4d.com/u/ameyer)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2020, 3:19am UTC](https://community.pix4d.com/t/take-a-picture-of-the-3d-model-point-cloud-mesh/11789/3 "2020-04-06T03:19:04Z")
Thank you for the response. I will try doing it using the screen capture program in Windows 10, then. Aaron