meshlabserver Command Examples

Command-line interface for the MeshLab 3D mesh processing software. More information: https://manned.org/meshlabserver.

• Convert an STL file to an OBJ file:

meshlabserver -i {{input.stl}} -o {{output.obj}}

• Convert a WRL file to a OFF file, including the vertex and face normals in the output mesh:

meshlabserver -i {{input.wrl}} -o {{output.off}} -om vn fn

• Dump a list of all the available processing filters into a file:

meshlabserver -d {{path/to/file}}

• Process a 3D file using a filter script created in the MeshLab GUI (Filters > Show current filter script > Save Script):

meshlabserver -i {{input.ply}} -o {{output.ply}} -s {{filter_script.mlx}}

• Process a 3D file using a filter script, writing the output of the filters into a log file:

meshlabserver -i {{input.x3d}} -o {{output.x3d}} -s {{filter_script.mlx}} -l {{logfile}}