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What files and 3D-asset outputs (point cloud, mesh, UVs, textures, formats) do COLMAP, Meshroom and Metashape state they produce?

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Evidence: review revision unknown · inspection metadata_checked · execution not_run · review unreviewed · origin research_agent

Partially verified: the curator re-read S14, S15, S20, S21; S16, S24 were not re-read by the curator and rest on the producer's pinned reading. COLMAP's automatic reconstruction writes a fused.ply dense cloud and Poisson and Delaunay PLY meshes, with texturing as a separate mesh_texturer step producing an atlas with per-face UVs; Meshroom's Texturing writes texturedMesh.obj/.mtl and texture_*.png, prefers Alembic for point-cloud interchange and has FBX support paused. Metashape's export list is producer-read only. Curator qualifications: Partially verified: the curator re-read S14, S15, S20, S21; S16, S24 were not re-read by the curator and rest on the producer's pinned reading. Curator GET 2026-10-23 of the sources not re-read (mechanical source evidence, not semantic verification): S16: HTTP 200, bytes differ from the producer pin; S24: HTTP 200, bytes equal to the producer pin. Docs read 2026-10-22; no reconstruction run. Metashape export list not re-read; COLMAP format.rst (S16) not re-read. Limitations: Docs read 2026-10-22; no reconstruction run. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

Structured fields

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  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/colmap/colmap/blob/bd1fcf654d2dd8fefa1466999c190a246f83f4b9/doc/tutorial.rst",
      "note": "COLMAP tutorial.rst L54-63; COLMAP faq.rst L743-746; meshroom-manual Texturing.rst (raw); meshroom-manual supported-formats.rst (raw)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/colmap/colmap/blob/bd1fcf654d2dd8fefa1466999c190a246f83f4b9/doc/faq.rst",
      "note": "COLMAP tutorial.rst L54-63; COLMAP faq.rst L743-746; meshroom-manual Texturing.rst (raw); meshroom-manual supported-formats.rst (raw)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/colmap/colmap/blob/bd1fcf654d2dd8fefa1466999c190a246f83f4b9/doc/format.rst",
      "note": "COLMAP tutorial.rst L54-63; COLMAP faq.rst L743-746; meshroom-manual Texturing.rst (raw); meshroom-manual supported-formats.rst (raw)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/alicevision/meshroom-manual/blob/480bb414b6330d077a30f84e5131f62e426c91cd/source/feature-documentation/nodes/Texturing.rst",
      "note": "COLMAP tutorial.rst L54-63; COLMAP faq.rst L743-746; meshroom-manual Texturing.rst (raw); meshroom-manual supported-formats.rst (raw)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/alicevision/meshroom-manual/blob/480bb414b6330d077a30f84e5131f62e426c91cd/source/feature-documentation/core/supported-formats.rst",
      "note": "COLMAP tutorial.rst L54-63; COLMAP faq.rst L743-746; meshroom-manual Texturing.rst (raw); meshroom-manual supported-formats.rst (raw)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.agisoft.com/pdf/metashape-pro_2_3_en.pdf",
      "note": "COLMAP tutorial.rst L54-63; COLMAP faq.rst L743-746; meshroom-manual Texturing.rst (raw); meshroom-manual supported-formats.rst (raw)"
    }
  ]
}

Evidence claims

[sourced_fact] COLMAP's automatic reconstruction writes a fused.ply dense cloud and Poisson and Delaunay PLY meshes, with texturing as a separate mesh_texturer step producing an atlas with per-face UVs; Meshroom's Texturing writes texturedMesh.obj/.mtl and texture_*.png, prefers Alembic for point-cloud interchange and has FBX support paused. Metashape's export list is producer-read only. · locator: COLMAP tutorial.rst L54-63; COLMAP faq.rst L743-746; meshroom-manual Texturing.rst (raw); meshroom-manual supported-formats.rst (raw) source

Rights

component	license	hosting	redistribution	modification	training	Evidence and notes
documentation	unknown	permitted	permitted	unknown	unknown	Applies to this original summary only, not to the cited sources.

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