Polygon Cruncher vs. Meshlab

krazypoe · Aug 2011

Are there any big differences between Polygon Cruncher and Meshlab? I didn't exactly want to bust out the money for polygon cruncher if meshlab does essentially the same thing.

Any feedback is appreciated! Thanks!

Ace-Angel · Aug 2011

From what I recall, they integrated the math and code from Polygon Cruncher into Max with ProOptimizer.

So if you have Max, ProOptimizer it is, if not, MeshLab will do just fine.

malcolm · Aug 2011

Meshlab does a great job, but does not support undo so you literally have to try it, delete your model and start again to iterate. Painful, go with any other solution besides Meshlab if you have the choice and it gives you the same quality optimization.

bugo · Aug 2011

if you also wanna try something else, Atangeo gets a really nice and clean mesh. It's also VERY fast.

malcolm · Aug 2011

I should have mentioned Maya's native optimization is not as good as Meshlab. Not sure why.

r_fletch_r · Aug 2011

bugo wrote: »

if you also wanna try something else, Atangeo gets a really nice and clean mesh. It's also VERY fast.

how does it handle multi million poly models?

Paradan · Aug 2011

malcolm wrote: »

Meshlab does a great job, but does not support undo so you literally have to try it, delete your model and start again to iterate. Painful, go with any other solution besides Meshlab if you have the choice and it gives you the same quality optimization.

but...

it does support layers, so what I do is just duplicate my original layer a few times, then hide all but one, and lock the original. lets me fiddle with settings, etc.

malcolm · Aug 2011

There are layers in meshlab, had no idea please post a walk through of your workflow.

bugo · Aug 2011

r_fletch_r wrote: »

how does it handle multi million poly models?

Very well, the most I tried was around 8 million.

Paradan · Aug 2011

view menu > layers dialog
right click on the first layer and select duplicate.

not sure, but I think that even if the layer is hidden and locked it still has to be kept in memory, so i usually just duplicate a few times, or if i'm decimating then ill duplicate incrementally as I go.

cptSwing · Aug 2011

Softimage's Polygon Reduction tool is cool as well.. does its best to keep quads!

r_fletch_r · Aug 2011

bugo wrote: »

Very well, the most I tried was around 8 million.

thanks

that sounds like more than enough for what i need. will give it a look

Polygon Cruncher vs. Meshlab

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