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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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How can I import a 3d model/mesh with python

want to do some 3d model processing using Python. I was told 3d models are made up of 4d matrices. Is it possible to import a 3d model from meshlab or blender or some other software and convert it into a matrix or something of the sort so I could do…
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Convert a textured 3D mesh to a 3D colored mesh

I'm trying to convert a textured mesh (.3DS that I'm reading with Meshlab). I want to convert it to a 3D colored mesh (a an RGB color per vertex). For this, I'm saving it into a .ply extension. However, when I Open it, I don't find the RGB colors…
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How do you import a text point cloud in MeshLab?

I have an XYZ text file, generated from a Renishaw touch probe on a CNC mill, that I'm trying to open in MeshLab. I can't see anything after importing. It's a simple file of just XYZ positions. A short…
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What does Shading choice of Meshlab actually do?

In Meshlab v2016.12, there is a selection named "Shading" on the right of the window: I want to know what each choice of "Shading" actually does to OpenGL renderer. I mean what OpenGL function it calls and what arguments are passed to the function?
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Meshlab running slowly

I am trying to generate surface from a point cloud which contains almost 7 000 000 points using Ball pivoting algorithm. It has been running more than 18 hours but only 56% of the process is completed. I am using 2016.12 version of the Meshlab. My…
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How to set the parameters for Uniform Mesh Resampling in a meshlabserver .mlx script

I would like to apply the Uniform Mesh Resampling filter automatically to a set of meshes, each with different geometry. I obtained a .mlx script for this by saving the output from Filters:Show current filter script. However, the parameters in the…
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Trigger MeshLab reload by script

Is it possible to reload a 3d object in MeshLab by an external script? I know reloading an object can be achieved by pressing the refresh button (see image below). However, I would like to know if this behaviour can be triggered externally. The…
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MeshLab: take a snapshot from command line

I've to import a PLY mesh to MeshLab and take a snapshot from command line. How to do this?
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Assimp vs. MeshLab Wavefront Object (.obj) import

I was wondering why when I use the Assimp library to import a Wavefront Object file (.obj) it doubles certain vertices and I found the following answer in the Assimp SourceForge discussion…
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Parameteristion in non manifold meshes

I have a mesh with non manifold edges and vertices present in it and have to parameterise this mesh. Now i have been using isoparameterisation in Meshlab to achieve the same. But due to the presence on non manifold edges the paramterisation does…
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How to display both points and edges in MeshLab?

I'm new to MeshLab, but can anyone tell me how to display BOTH points AND edges? Now, I can only choose either one, not both. I'm using a .ply file to load the mesh. Thanks in advance!
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3D similarity transformation in Meshlab or other

I have two .ply datasets in Meshlab. A is a point cloud of a scene. B is a point cloud which contains 30% of the scene from A, but rotated, translated and scaled (7 deg of freedom) by unknown factors. I want to get A and B aligned roughly by hand,…
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surface of mesh cannot be seen from outside, only from inside

Note that this question is not about particular software. Rather, question is about mesh visualization in general. I have problem in visualizing a mesh file https://gist.github.com/HiroIshida/1ef3bc47e27b36e88890516e78b0a587 Although it seems that…
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Meshlab Deviation analysis not colored?

I have been trying to find a way to visualise the diffrence between two models I have made. I have imported them into meshlab, aligned them and then used the Hausdorff Distance filter to calculate the diffrences. However, there is no colour map once…
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Meshlab 'close holes' Max size

What measurement unit does the MeshLab close holes function need? Meshlab -> Filters -> Remeshing, Simplification and Reconstruction -> Close Holes What is Max size to be closed = 30? 30 what? What unit is the default value please?
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