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I would like to create a mesh from pointcloud data. I am able to get pointcloud data from a Faro laser scanner. I can save it as .xyz, .dat, .asc formats. I can't afford to buy Geomagic wrap and would like to know if I can get a quality mesh with Meshlab. The meshes I make with my current software are not very smooth. The overlaps of the scanner make alot of noise. Can anyone point me in the direction of a workflow in Meshlab to convert an .xyz or other file type into an .stl or .obj Here's the best I can do with wrap trial: first attempt with a Wrap trial software

I can also supply the file to anyone who would like to take my .xyz file and use it to show the workflow. Thank you.

Christopher Tomko
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I think that meshlab can absolutely cover your needs.

You can find many surface reconstruction methods under:

Filters -> Remeshing, simplification and Reconstruction

The best results will most likely be given by the Screened Poisson Surface Reconstructiom option. Click on Help to get info about the avaliable parameters.

In addition meshlab have a lot of options for cleaning and basically for almost anything you want to do with meshes (and it has some point cloud features aswell).

Check the Support page.

David de la Iglesia
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  • David,Thanks for your help. I'm glad you think that this will work for me. I am trying several things, but I still can't get visible points on my screen. I tried the .txt file and use ; as the separator, deleting the header. But the point's are not visible on the screen. Can you help, or do you know of a tutorial that helps with this? – Christopher Tomko May 15 '17 at 21:01
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David, Thanks for your reply. I'm glad to hear you think it's a good choice. I will update once I've figured out a workflow. This is what I accomplished with David software, but it took hours...enter image description here

Christopher Tomko
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