How to combine multiple meshes into a single 3d object?

[Fred Kahl]

Hi All, 

I have now gor ReconstructMe running and am starting to scan. One issue I have is that because of the limits of my hardware I am only able to scan about 1 meter cube area. In looking at what people are doing with scanning using mirrors to get multiple sides of a body in one pass, or scanning a top half and bottom half of a body, I'm wondering if there are any tutorials out there on how to combine meshes into a single object? 

Thus far I am primarily using a combo of Meshlab, Netfabb Basic and Meshmixer to clean up and prep my scans for printing. I'd really like to explore combining meshes such as a top half of the body and a lover half of the body to make a full body scan. If anyone knows of any tutorials on this I'd really appreciate it!

fred

[Christoph Heindl]

Am Mittwoch, 4. April 2012 18:22:13 UTC+2 schrieb Fred Kahl:

Hi All, 

I have now gor ReconstructMe running and am starting to scan. One issue I have is that because of the limits of my hardware I am only able to scan about 1 meter cube area. In looking at what people are doing with scanning using mirrors to get multiple sides of a body in one pass, or scanning a top half and bottom half of a body, I'm wondering if there are any tutorials out there on how to combine meshes into a single object? 

You could wait for the next release that contains automatic volume stitching :)

http://reconstructme.net/2012/02/28/tech-preview-automatic-volume-stitching/ 

[RobPhoboS]

Seriously cannot wait for that release, fantastic stuff...
In fact I'll have to buy my own Kinect rather than pinch my friends one for weeks at a time :D

[Bill Culverhouse]

Meshlab can combine scan data into one mesh:

http://www.instructables.com/id/Using-Meshlab-to-Clean-and-Assemble-Laser-Scan-Dat/

-b