Can I generate Point Cloud from mesh?

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Youn A Lee picture Youn A Lee · Dec 1, 2014 · Viewed 26.2k times · Source

I'm trying to generate point cloud data from mesh such as (.obj) file of Maya. But, I could find out only the opposite case, point cloud to mesh on the internet. Is there any way to create "point cloud data from mesh" using 3D tools like MeshLab or Maya? (I prefer using MeshLab)

Thanks. :)

Answer

Chris4d picture Chris4d · Jan 26, 2017

The free and open-source project CloudCompare can load OBJ meshes and then generate point clouds on the mesh, which you can then save in a variety of formats.

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