Outliers in .ply mesh

Mesh outliers can cause issues in the mesh process node. Namely, resulting clouds will be very sparse and contain holes.

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How to check for Outliers

You can insert Reader node to load a ply model into Vision, then uses Mesh Process node to generate point cloud from the ply model. Enable the Show Model Cloud flag, and you will be able to spot outliers if they exist.

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Delete Outliers with MeshLab

Click on the select vertices tool

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Select the outlier vertices then click the delete selected vertices button

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Test Data: Left.ply with outlier Cropped version