I am new to 3D, I have a point cloud for this I want to form a mesh using python libraries. But I am able to do with using meshlab functions those are "Filters --> Pointset -- > compute normals for pointsets" and "Filters --> Remeshing,Simplifications and Reconstruction --> Surface Reconstruction ::Poission"
Is there any methods to doing above meshlab functions with using python to make it automate.
Thanks
You can make a system call to meshlabserver, which comes with Meshlab (it's in the Meshlab install directory).
If you run meshlabserver.exe with no arguments, it will display the following man page
Usage: meshlabserver [logargs] [args]
where logargs can be:
-d filename dump on a text file a list of all the
filtering functions
-l filename log of the filters is ouput on a file
where args can be:
-p filename meshlab project (.mlp) to be loaded
-w filename [-v] output meshlab project (.mlp) to be saved.
If -v flag is specified a 3D model meshfile.ext
contained in the input project will be overwritten,
otherwise it will be saved in the same directory of
input mesh as a new file called meshfile_out.ext.
All the mesh attributes will be exported in the
saved files
-i filename mesh that has to be loaded
-o filename [-m <opt>] the name of the file where to write the current mesh
of the MeshLab document.
If -m is specified the specified mesh attributes will
be saved in the output file. the param <opt> can be a
space separated list of the following attributes:
vc -> vertex colors, vf -> vertex flags,
vq -> vertex quality, vn-> vertex normals,
vt -> vertex texture coords,
fc -> face colors, ff -> face flags,
fq -> face quality, fn-> face normals,
wc -> wedge colors, wn-> wedge normals,
wt -> wedge texture coords
-s filename the script to be applied
Examples:
'meshlabserver -i input.obj -o output.ply -m vc fq wn -s meshclean.mlx'
the script contained in file 'meshclean.mlx' will be applied to the
mesh contained into 'input.obj'. The vertex coordinates and the
per-vertex-color, the per-face-quality and the per-wedge-normal
attributes will be saved into the output.ply file
'meshlabserver -i input0.obj -i input1.ply -o outproj.mlp -v -s meshclean.mlx'
the script file meshclean.mlx will be applied to the document
composed by input0.obj and input1.ply meshes.
The mesh input1.ply will become the current mesh of the document
(e.g. the mesh to which the filters operating on a single model will
be applied). A new output project outproj.mlp file will be generated
(containing references to the input0.obj an input1.ply).
The files input0.obj and input1.ply will be overwritten.
'meshlabserver -l logfile.txt -p proj.mlp -i input.obj -w outproj.mlp -s meshclean.mlx'
the mesh file input.obj will be added to the meshes referred by the
loaded meshlab project file proj.mlp. The mesh input.obj will become
the current mesh of the document, the script file meshclean.mlx will
be applied to the meshes contained into the resulting document.
the project file outproj.mlp will be generated
A 3D model meshfile.ext contained in the input project proj.mlp will
be saved in a new file called meshfile_out.ext
(if you want to overwrite the original files use the -v flag after
the outproject filename) all the attributes of the meshes will be
saved into the output files; the log info will be saved into the
file logfile.txt.
Notes:
There can be multiple meshes loaded and the order they are listed
matters because
filters that use meshes as parameters choose the mesh based on the
order.
The format of the output mesh is guessed by the used extension.
Script is optional and must be in the xml format saved by MeshLab.
First, load a mesh with Meshlab, run the filters you want to run, then go to filters >> show current filter script
and save the script somewhere so you can call it with meshlabserver.
One pro-tip: If you're loading .stl files, you have to add the following as the very first filter:
<filter name="Merge Close Vertices">
<Param type="RichAbsPerc" name="Threshold" description="Merging distance" value="0" tooltip="All the vertices that closer than this threshold are merged together. Use very small values, default values is 1/10000 of bounding box diagonal. " min="0" max="0"/>
</filter>