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Enzo
Enzo

Reputation: 11

Mesh from point clouds in Meshlab

I need to reconstruct a surface mesh of a terrain from a dense point cloud.

Is it possible to generate polygonal meshes from point clouds in Meshlab?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 6129

Answers (1)

David de la Iglesia
David de la Iglesia

Reputation: 2534

Yes you can!. The process of generating a mesh from a point cloud is called surface reconstruction.

There are several surface reconstruction methods avaliable in meshlab.

Go to Filters -> Remeshing, simplification and Reconstruction

There you can select one of the many choices avaliable. To guide you a little:

  • Delanuay Triangulation is one of the simplest one and might fit your needs if your surface is not complex.

  • Surface Reconstruction: Screened Poisson is state of the art and it's intended for reconstructing complex surfaces. You might need to tweek some parameters on the pop-up dialog in order to obtain the result you want.

Upvotes: 4

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