XenoDream Program: Mesh Export

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Note: this page describes v1.6, and does not yet include v2 features.

The Mesh Export window allows you to convert the object in the Main window to a 3D mesh and save it for use in other programs. The controls are shared between the toolbar and the Mesh Options dialog.

Mesh export has its own rendering process, with a choice of two methods. The Surface method produces depth maps from 14 directions and combines them. The Volume method captures the entire volume. The next step is to triangulate the data into a mesh. The final step is to simplify the mesh, and adjust the quality before saving. Coloring and regions are not currently included; textures can be applied in the programs where you use the meshes.

• Adjust mesh grid size between 100 and 500 (or more in v2), to set resolution for mesh generation.
• Automatic scaling with adjustable percentage so you don't have to fiddle with the object's size or position before rendering.
• Option to fill volume, to remove internal triangles.
• Mesh filtering options to reduce voxelization or other artifacts.
• View the mesh from any of six directions.
• Simplify the mesh, then adjust the level of detail interactively.
• Save the mesh in Wavefront OBJ format or POVRay INC format.
• Save with or without smoothed vertex normals.
• Saving multiple mesh resolutions is convenient; simply adjust the quality between saving.
• For best results, generate the mesh with high enough resolution to capture the details accurately and simplify down to the desired level.
• The whole process takes only a few minutes for moderate resolution; highest resolution takes longer depending on the model.

Object with 1000 pixel resolution; triangulated meshes using Volume method, with mesh grid size 100 (80k triangles), 200 (396k triangles) and 500 (2,920k triangles).

After simplifying 2,920k triangle mesh down to 100k triangles, and to 15k triangles.