Convert mesh to point cloud

This recipe window allows the user to transform a mesh into an unstructured cloud of points.

Three methods are available:


  • Use fast sampling procedure converts the mesh picking a point about every sampling step.
  • Enforce better sample spacing properties converts in a better way the mesh, respecting more faithfully the sampling step; it takes longer than the previous method and requires more amount of RAM. Not recommended for large meshes or for very high sampling.
  • Collect meshes vertices in the output cloud simply transforms the vertices of the mesh into points of the resulting cloud