---
name: "meshlab"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "meshlab"
version: "2022.02+dfsg1-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/meshlab"
---

# meshlab(1)

The open source mesh processing system.

## NAME

**meshlab** – The open source mesh processing system.

## SYNOPSIS

**meshlab** \[**-h** \| **--help**\]

**meshlab** \[*file ...*\] \[*viewxmlfile*\]

**meshlab** \[*projectfile*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**meshlab** is an interactive tool for manipulating meshes.

The arguments are as follows:

- **-h** \| **--help**

  Show a brief help.

- *file ...*

  Mesh/model file(s) to load.

- *viewxmlfile*

  An XML file specifying the camera view

- *projectfile*

  An .mlp MeshLab project file to load.

## EXIT STATUS

The **meshlab** utility exits 0 on success, and \>0 if an error occurs.

## EXAMPLES

Run MeshLab opening the files *mesh1.obj* and *mesh2.obj* with camera view set in *view.xml* :

```
$ meshlab mesh1.obj mesh2.obj view.xml
```

Run MeshLab opening the MeshLab project *project.mlp* :

```
$ meshlab project.mlp
```

## SEE ALSO

[meshlabserver(1)](/meshlabserver/1.md) Paolo Cignoni, Visual Computing Lab - ISTI - CNR