MeshLab is designed for working with pointclouds
from optical images or a laser scanner or a lidar or any tool that outputs a pointcloud
including ASP ( Ames Sterio Pipline) and "bundler"
Bundler is what i used for the 67p giff to pointcloud
-- see the 67p thread --
post 212
http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.p...st&p=212227
the software is here
http://www.cs.cornell.edu/~snavely/bundler/
https://github.com/snavely/bundler_sfm
( there are a few different forks of this code including "OSM-Bundler" )
bundler outputs a "bundle.out" file
there IS a Blender import tool for them "import_bundler.py"
http://koelzk.crispy-cow.de/article/9/impo...enes-to-blender
remove everything but the pointcloud from the scene
----------- on to the pointcloud ----------
a view of a " just ok " PC of Comet 67P in Meshlab
http://meshlab.sourceforge.net/
The current version is 1.3.3
now this program is in rather slow development so most of the online guides are for 1.3.2 or 1.2
http://sourceforge.net/projects/meshlab/files/meshlab/
and some of the tools and menu items HAVE changed
unfortunately there is really nothing to see in meshlab for adding a "skin" to a PointCloud ( PC)
and they are a TON of tools and options and every mesh is going to be a bit different
a very orderly one that is GRIDDED DATA will need different settings that a disorderly one like the above image of 67p
see google , this is a good but brief post
http://gmv.cast.uark.edu/scanning/point-cl...esh-in-meshlab/
and this one from "makerbot" and 3d printing
http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/MakerBot/Cl...For_3D_Printing
step one
import the mesh into meshlab
( file / import mesh )
step two
add normals
( "filters / Normals , curvatures and orientation / Compute normals for pointcloud" )
Step three
add a skin
--- there A LOT OF OPTIONS !!! --
just take a look at
( Filters / remeshing, simplification and reconstruction )
i used a poison noise option
- surface reconstruction : Poisson
( Filters / remeshing, simplification and reconstruction /surface reconstruction : Poisson )
-- octave tree 10
-- solver divide 8
-- surface offset 0.8
for other types of PC's it would be a good idea to read through some google search results
the number of options in MeshLab is rather DAUNTING
