MeshLab Alternatives3D Modelers and other similar apps like MeshLab

MeshLab is described as 'System for processing and editing 3D triangular meshes, provides a set of tools for editing, cleaning, healing, inspecting, rendering, texturing and converting meshes' and is a popular 3D Modeler in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 10 alternatives to MeshLab for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and BSD. The best MeshLab alternative is Autodesk Fusion. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Autodesk Fusion or meshmixer. Other great apps like MeshLab are CloudCompare, OpenFlipper, Microsoft 3D Builder and PointKit.

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  1. Autodesk Fusion icon
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    Integrated CAD, CAM, and CAE suite offering cloud modeling, simulation, and manufacturing tools with collaborative editing, free-form and parametric design, licensing for students, hobbyists, and startups, plus support for 3D printing and CNC machining.

    43 Autodesk Fusion alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
     
    • Autodesk Fusion is the most popular Windows & Mac alternative to MeshLab.

    • Autodesk Fusion is the most popular free alternative to MeshLab.

    • Autodesk Fusion is Free Personal and ProprietaryMeshLab is Free and Open Source
  2. meshmixer icon
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    meshmixer is an experimental 3D modeling tool for making 3D mashups without too much hassle.

    38 meshmixer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
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    Meshlab is not maintained since 2016

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • meshmixer is Free and ProprietaryMeshLab is Free and Open Source
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    Reverse engineer physical parts into digital parametric CAD models with the most comprehensive reverse-engineering software, combining history-based CAD with 3D scan data processing.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
    • Geomagic Design X is the most popular commercial alternative to MeshLab.

    • Geomagic Design X is Paid and ProprietaryMeshLab is Free and Open Source
  4. CloudCompare icon
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    CloudCompare is a 3D point cloud (and triangular mesh) processing software. It has been originally designed to perform comparison between 3D points clouds only. It relies on a specific octree structure that enables great performances(1) relatively to this particular function.

    5 CloudCompare alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    • Almost everyone thinks CloudCompare is a great MeshLab alternative.

    • CloudCompare is the most popular Linux alternative to MeshLab.

    • CloudCompare is the most popular Open Source alternative to MeshLab.

    • CloudCompare is Free and Open SourceMeshLab is also Free and Open Source
  5. OpenFlipper icon
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    Multi-platform app and programming framework designed for processing, modeling and rendering of geometric data (bvh, off, obj, ply, stl, vtk).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. PointKit icon
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    All the tools you need for 3D point cloud and mesh processing, analysis and collaboration on one software platform.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. noesis icon
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    Noesis is a tool for previewing and converting between hundreds of model, image, and animation formats. It utilizes a robust plugin system, with support for native extension modules and Python scripts. The plugin/script API features hundreds of functions and interfaces which...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    The only program I've found that supports all three file extentions I use (fbx, obj, vox)

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    • noesis is Free and ProprietaryMeshLab is Free and Open Source
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    view3dscene is a VRML / X3D browser, also a viewer for other 3D models. Supported formats are X3D, VRML (1.0 and 2.0 (aka VRML 97)), Collada, 3DS, MD3, Wavefront OBJ scenes. Can do collision detection. Can be used as command-line converter from Collada, 3DS, OBJ, MD3 to VRML/X3D.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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    3D Object Converter, a powerful 3d polygon model translation and interactive viewing shareware tool that allows arbitrary 3d model data to be imported from external sources, exported to various industry standard 3d file formats with great accuracy and quality.

    12 3D Object Converter alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
  10. PUPPICAD icon
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    PUPPICAD is a free Computational Design and Engineering Development Environment. PUPPICAD features over 3000 different node types, for visual programming, mathematics and computational geometry.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Spin 3D converts between STL, 3DS, 3DP, 3MF, OBJ and PLY mesh file formats. No matter which program you use to create your 3D models and 3D designs, you can convert to your desired output format.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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