Cloud/Meshes can also be loaded from disk
in a number of formats. Use the “Load Cloud/Mesh …” tool 
(tool available via Tool Search, or customize). The supported mesh file formats are:
• ASC/TXT (a space-separated, one per line, x y z point-only ASCII raw format)
• XYZ (a space-separated, one per line, x y z r g b values, where rgb are integers 0-255 representing red, green, blue respectively)
• DAT (the format PhotoModeler uses to store Clouds/Meshes)
• OBJ (Wavefront OBJ - only triangles in the file are loaded)
• PLY (PoLYgon - Stanford Triangle Format)
• BYU (“Brigham Young University” 3D geometric surface shape format. A standard format specified in the 70s but still used in a number of CAD systems.)
Once a Cloud/Mesh has been loaded, any of the Meshing Tool commands can be run on it. See an example below.
Clouds/Meshes can be saved directly to
disk. Use the “Save Cloud/Mesh …” tool 
(tool
available via Tool Search, or customize) to save the
currently selected cloud/ mesh (e.g. select from Cloud/Mesh Table, 3D Viewer)
to disk.
When you save a Cloud/Mesh, the “Save as type:” drop down selector on the File Export name dialog will show the formats that are supported, along with information about the type of data that will be saved (e.g. poly, points).
The formats that can be saved are:
• STL (STereo Lithography format - a common industrial format for triangle meshes - esp. in rapid prototyping machines, poly data saved)
• PLY (PoLYgon - Stanford Triangle Format, poly data saved)
• ASC/TXT (x y z coordinates with RGB values (see Preferences - Dense Surface for option whether to include RGB values in the report) ASCII raw format, points / RGB data saved)
• BYU (“Brigham Young University” 3D geometric surface shape format. A standard format specified in the 70s but still used in a number of CAD systems, poly data saved)
• IV (Inventor format – points and triangles are saved)
• FACET - a simple ASCII ‘raw’ format (the ASC/TXT ‘raw’ format handles poly data only)
Note: You can export Cloud or Mesh data along with all other PhotoModeler objects that are part of a project in a variety of export formats using the full Export feature. See Using your 3D Model with another program.