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The parent explicitly asked for a mesh.

You can never be sure what someone's real intent is. They might mean "something meshlike". Personally I usually reply by asking for more info (I always have the XY Problem in my mind) but that is time consuming and some people assume you're being pendantic (I am however correct more often than not - people have posed the wrong question or haven't given critical parts of the context)

Yeah, I am explicitly asking about meshes, which is why I said that and also referenced photogrammetry. Sometimes people know what they're asking for help with.

Thanks for the links. Going to check them out this morning.

Just to be clear I wasn't singling you out. I don't know anything about you.

And furthermore I also often post questions that lack sufficient context.

My point was that it's always okay to ask for clarification or to assume that there was maybe some broader contact context or to offer a suggestion that doesn't follow the most literal interpretation of the question as asked.

The second link I posted contains n flow from splats to meshes

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