<p>Same menu, different location in the sub-menu (at the bottom):</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/0mkem.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer" title="Screened Poisson Surface Reconstruction"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/0mkem.png" alt="Screened Poisson Surface Reconstruction" title="Screened Poisson Surface Reconstruction"></a></p>

<p>As <a href="https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/users/13841/t-m">T.M.</a> states in <a href="https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/questions/9854/laser-scanning-to-3d-printer#comment16136_9854">their comment</a>, see <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41428698/poisson-mesh-reconstruction">Poisson mesh reconstruction</a> on StackOverflow:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>MeshLab 2016 now uses the new version of the Poisson merging, and the
  filter is called:</p>
  
  <p>Screened Poisson Surface Reconstruction</p>
  
  <p>it is in the same submenu, on the bottom. The relevant parameter
  (octree depth) is called Reconstruction Depth. It is now possible to
  merge multiple layers at once, without flattening them beforehand (as
  before). If source layer(s) have color, the result will be colored
  too. If you want to have the same result of the old version, put 0 in
  the "interpolation weight" parameter</p>
</blockquote>

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Greenonline
<p>I have one <code>*.xyz</code> file (from a laser scan) that I wanted to mesh and create a 3D printable file.</p>

<p>I saw some YouTube videos from Meshlab and try to follow the steps explained in the video, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPEQVBhKJGA&amp;t=306s" rel="nofollow noreferrer">3D Laser Scanning - Meshing Point Clouds in Meshlab</a>;</p>

<p>When I reached the step: "Remeshing, Simplification and Reconstruction I discovered that "Surface Reconstruction: Poisson" does not appear in my Meshlab (V2016.12).</p>

<p>I search on web to see if I could use another modelating method, but everybody said the «Poisson» method is the "one"!</p>

<p>I have two questions:</p>

<ol>
<li>It is possible not have the "Surface Reconstruction: Poisson" in the program (there is something I need to pay for use it?);</li>
<li>Not having the "Surface Reconstruction: Poisson", is there any other possibility to create a surface from a xyz point cloud?</li>
</ol>

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Welcome to 3dPrinting.SE! This question, I think, covers your request a lot better than the [previous question](https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/questions/9835/surface-reconstruction-poisson). Hopefully someone can help you get an answer.
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What operating system are you running Meshlab on? This question may have your answer. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41428698/poisson-mesh-reconstruction
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Jose,you seem to have to different accounts, would you like to have them merged?
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# Laser scanning to 3D printer

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-05-04)

I have one `*.xyz` file (from a laser scan) that I wanted to mesh and create a 3D printable file.

I saw some YouTube videos from Meshlab and try to follow the steps explained in the video, [3D Laser Scanning - Meshing Point Clouds in Meshlab](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPEQVBhKJGA&t=306s);

When I reached the step: "Remeshing, Simplification and Reconstruction I discovered that "Surface Reconstruction: Poisson" does not appear in my Meshlab (V2016.12).

I search on web to see if I could use another modelating method, but everybody said the «Poisson» method is the "one"!

I have two questions:

1. It is possible not have the "Surface Reconstruction: Poisson" in the program (there is something I need to pay for use it?);
2. Not having the "Surface Reconstruction: Poisson", is there any other possibility to create a surface from a xyz point cloud?

**Tags:** scanning

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Welcome to 3dPrinting.SE! This question, I think, covers your request a lot better than the [previous question](https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/questions/9835/surface-reconstruction-poisson). Hopefully someone can help you get an answer.  
> **username_2**: What operating system are you running Meshlab on? This question may have your answer. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41428698/poisson-mesh-reconstruction  
> **username_3**: Jose,you seem to have to different accounts, would you like to have them merged?  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2019-05-05. Score: 3

Same menu, different location in the sub-menu (at the bottom):

[![Screened Poisson Surface Reconstruction](https://i.sstatic.net/0mkem.png "Screened Poisson Surface Reconstruction")](https://i.sstatic.net/0mkem.png "Screened Poisson Surface Reconstruction")

As [T.M.](https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/users/13841/t-m) states in [their comment](https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/questions/9854/laser-scanning-to-3d-printer#comment16136_9854), see [Poisson mesh reconstruction](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41428698/poisson-mesh-reconstruction) on StackOverflow:

> MeshLab 2016 now uses the new version of the Poisson merging, and the
> filter is called:
>
> Screened Poisson Surface Reconstruction
>
> it is in the same submenu, on the bottom. The relevant parameter
> (octree depth) is called Reconstruction Depth. It is now possible to
> merge multiple layers at once, without flattening them beforehand (as
> before). If source layer(s) have color, the result will be colored
> too. If you want to have the same result of the old version, put 0 in
> the "interpolation weight" parameter


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