Questions tagged [meshlab]

MeshLab is an open source program for editing 3D triangle mesh files in various formats. It is used in 3D scanning and virtual reality applications.

MeshLab is a open source desktop program for editing 3-D triangle mesh files in various formats used in 3-D scanning and virtual reality. It was originally developed as a didactical experiment at the University of Pisa and is actively maintained at the Visual Computing Lab of the Italian National Research Council.

Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X versions are available at the MeshLab official site.

Its capabilities include importing and exporting 3-D triangular mesh files in various formats, mesh visualization, and mesh editing functions such as cleaning, painting, remeshing, selecting and deleting parts of the mesh, and colorization.

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Can I write my own shaders in meshlab.? Seems i can only use existing defined ones

Does Meshlab allow you to write your own shaders? Currently, i can only seem to access pre-written ones like Cook-Torrance.gdp etc.
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Double side lighting, backFace culling

I have some instructions that I wrote for students using a previous version of MeshLab. The instructions are to do the following: Render ► Lighting ► Double side lighting Render ► Render Mode ► BackFace Culling and Filters ► Color Creation and…
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Importing a mesh from .txt files without using graphic interface

I am doing a project in which I use meshlab with meshlabxml. Our scanner is producing a .txt file looking like this: 27.031334;20.715153;134.196397; 27.031334;20.715153;134.050344; 26.746812;20.426882;134.038013; Every line represents a point. In…
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(Meshlab) How to fix: Mesh smoothing not saving in .stl file

I have been trying Meshlab software for smoothing an .stl. I used Butterfly smoothing filter and tried others just to be certain. After applying the smoothing filter, it worked nicely. Then I exported the file and saved it. However, when I open the…
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Meshlab triangle/surface creation

I'm currently repairing and cleaning a mesh in the software MeshLab and I was wondering if it could be possible to manually select three vertex from the data set and create a triangular face using those 3 vertex, or maybe it could be possible to…
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What approaches can be used to simplify a high-poly 3D model

I have a large 3D model with about 24M faces weighing in at around 1.3 GB. I want to simplify the model to something that I could use as an asset for a game or augmented reality demo. I've been using MeshLab which can handle the enormous input size…
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MeshLab UV Map issue

On MeshLab_64bit_fp v2016.12 ,I have a issue with the UV Map being "destroyed" and was wondering if there is a way around it. Original UV Map <-- That's what its supposed to look like. Though when using the following filter --> Filter Settings What…
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How to convert Bundler's bundle.out format into Meshlab's project format (.mlp)

I am using MeshLab for processing 3D scans, and in particular for giving the mesh a texture. I am attempting to automate some of Meshlab's features using the command line, and meshlabserver works well for some tasks. However, I am using the…
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How can I see the total number of edges and/or Genus in an imported OBJ file using Meshlab?

Is there any way to see the total number of edges and/or the genus used in the euler number formula using MeshLab? (source: 80.lv)
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Meshlab Raster registration using mutual information

i am using Meshlab to map a series of photos on a scanned mesh, but i never obtain a perfect alignment of images on the mesh. I would to ask if the raster alignment in Meshlab can take care of distortion parameters of lens... Thanks.
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Exporting raw Hausdorff distance data from Meshlab

I have been experimenting with Meshlab lately. In particular, the Hausdorff distance tool to measure distances between two 3D meshes. From what I understand about the software, is that the output of the Hausdorff distance tool is a colour heat map…
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Scaling and translating a mesh to match another

Is there a way to take 1 mesh and scale and translate it to match another meshes size and reference/coordinate system, and then export only the changed mesh (not the reference mesh or a merged/combined mesh) with the scale and translation?
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how can I add plugin to meshlab software

I'm a new user to Meshlab and I would like to use the following plugin https://github.com/cnr-isti-vclab/meshlab/tree/master/src/plugins_experimental/filter_segmentation However, I did not find this plugin in the plugin list. How can I add this…
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decimate 3D mesh with colors

I'm using Meshlab software to decimate 3D meshes. This works fine, however when I want to decimate a 3D mesh with colors on vertices, I don't know which algorithm to use since no one is presented managing colors (MC Edge collapse, Clustering…
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How to enhance a flat mesh?

I try to find a way to enhance the visibility of a quite flat mesh by increasing the differences between the closest and the distant points on the Z-level. That is, to make faint grooves deeper. Is there a filter that can do this? Appreciate all…
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