Mesh Generation

Requires the Max or Studio license

Mesh Generation creates a reconstructed mesh from dense point cloud data. It is intended for reference geometry, proxy surfaces, and VFX layout rather than replacing final modeling in every shot.

How to use it

  1. 1 Run Heavy Tracking.
  2. 2 Enable undistortion and dense point cloud generation.
  3. 3 Inspect the dense result for quality.
  4. 4 Choose a mesh quality preset: Low, Medium, High, or Ultra.
  5. 5 Generate and import the mesh into Blender.

In the panel

Heavy Tracker panel
MotionMaster 3D Heavy Tracker panel with preset, option toggles, last result and mesh generation

Technical notes

Mesh quality depends directly on dense point cloud quality. If the dense reconstruction is noisy or incomplete, improve tracking, masks, or source footage first.

Higher mesh quality can increase detail, but it also increases processing time and may include reconstruction, refinement, decimation, subdivision, curvature, texture patch, and texturing phases.

Docs Dense Point Clouds

Dense Point Cloud generation creates a high-detail colorized representation of the tracked scene from Heavy Tracking results. It is useful when sparse points are not enough to understand the environment.

Docs Heavy Tracking

Heavy Tracking is the primary high-quality workflow for camera reconstruction and solved lens data. Use it when the shot needs strong solve quality, a specific distortion model, calibration/STMap export, masks, undistortion, dense point clouds, or mesh generation.

Docs Reset Workspace

Reset Workspace clears generated tracking and reconstruction outputs from the current sequence folder while preserving source image sequences. It helps avoid stale imports and confusing old result files.

 Tutorial How to Add 3D Objects to Tracked Footage in Blender (HDRI, LiDAR and Shadow Catcher) Tutorial Camera Tracking vs 3D Reconstruction: What You Get and When You Need It Guide 3D reconstruction in Blender

Turn tracked footage into dense point clouds and mesh reference in Blender

 Guide COLMAP, GLOMAP, and OpenMVS for Blender

A guided Blender workflow around powerful reconstruction tools