---
name: "pygalmesh-volume-from-surface"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "python3-pygalmesh"
version: "0.9.1-2+b1"
release: "Debian 11 (Bullseye)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pygalmesh-volume-from-surface"
---

# pygalmesh-volume-from-surface(1)

manual page for pygalmesh 0.7.1 \[Python 3.8.6, CGAL 5.1\]

## NAME

pygalmesh-volume-from-surface - manual page for pygalmesh 0.7.1 \[Python 3.8.6, CGAL 5.1\]

## DESCRIPTION

usage: pygalmesh-volume-from-surface \[-h\] \[--lloyd LLOYD\] \[--odt\] \[--perturb\]

- \[--exude\] \[--edge-size EDGE\_SIZE\]

  \[--facet-angle FACET\_ANGLE\] \[--facet-size FACET\_SIZE\] \[--facet-distance FACET\_DISTANCE\] \[--cell-radius-edge-ratio CELL\_RADIUS\_EDGE\_RATIO\] \[--reorient\] \[--cell-size CELL\_SIZE\] \[--quiet\] \[--version\] infile outfile

Generate volume mesh from surface mesh.

### positional arguments:

- infile

  input mesh file

- outfile

  output mesh file

### optional arguments:

- **-h**, **--help**

  show this help message and exit

- **--lloyd** LLOYD, **-l** LLOYD

  Lloyd smoothing (default: false)

- **--odt**, **-o**

  ODT smoothing (default: false)

- **--perturb**, **-p**

  perturb (default: false)

- **--exude**, **-x**

  exude (default: false)

- **--edge-size** EDGE\_SIZE, **-e** EDGE\_SIZE

  edge size (default: 0.0)

- **--facet-angle** FACET\_ANGLE, **-a** FACET\_ANGLE

  facet angle (default: 0.0)

- **--facet-size** FACET\_SIZE, **-s** FACET\_SIZE

  facet size (default: 0.0)

- **--facet-distance** FACET\_DISTANCE, **-d** FACET\_DISTANCE

  facet distance (default: 0.0)

- **--cell-radius-edge-ratio** CELL\_RADIUS\_EDGE\_RATIO, **-r** CELL\_RADIUS\_EDGE\_RATIO

  cell radius/edge ratio (default: 0.0)

- **--reorient**, **-t**

  automatically fix face orientation (default: False)

- **--cell-size** CELL\_SIZE, **-c** CELL\_SIZE

  cell size (default: 0.0)

- **--quiet**, **-q**

  quiet mode (default: False)

- **--version**, **-v**

  show program's version number and exit

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2016-2020, Nico Schlömer \<nico.schloemer@gmail.com\>