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I stumbled across a function called PointForm but the only documentation I can find is the pop-up line offered by autocomplete, which contains the same information as Information[PointForm]:

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What does this mean and how does it work?

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    $\begingroup$ Graphics3D[{PointForm[Sphere[]], Point[{{0, 0, 0}, {5, 5, 5}}]}] gives "PointForm is not a 3D graphics primitive or directive". Also, apparently it has been there at least since version 7. $\endgroup$
    – Szabolcs
    Commented Jan 22, 2013 at 15:43
  • $\begingroup$ Hum, quite a number of symbols reported by ?*Form are internal. I bet they are generated internally by built-ins for the front-end. $\endgroup$
    – carlosayam
    Commented Jan 22, 2013 at 18:40
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    $\begingroup$ @Szabolcs It has been there as early as 1994. See this posting $\endgroup$
    – Sjoerd C. de Vries
    Commented May 10, 2013 at 21:09

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I don't know how to use PointForm; however, if you want spheres for points:

pts = {{0, 0, 0}, {2.5, 2.5, 2.5}, {5, 5, 5}};

Graphics3D[Sphere[pts, .3]]

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Graphics3D[Sphere[#, .3] & /@ pts]
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  • $\begingroup$ Or Graphics3D[Translate[Sphere[], pts]] which readily generalizes to other shapes than spheres. $\endgroup$
    – Szabolcs
    Commented Feb 18, 2014 at 5:38

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