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-.TH MeshLab 1 "21 Feb 2020" "2020.02"
-.SH NAME
-MeshLab \- The open source mesh processing system
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-.B meshlab
-file1.obj file2.ply view.xml ...
-.SH DESCRIPTION
-.B meshlab
-opens the list of given files, to view and edit them.
-.SH OPTIONS
-.TP
-.BR \-h ", " \-\-help
+.Dd March 06, 2020
+.Dt MESHLAB 1
+.Os
+.Sh NAME                 \" Section Header - required - don't modify
+.Nm meshlab
+.Nd The open source mesh processing system.
+.Sh SYNOPSIS             \" Section Header - required - don't modify
+.Nm
+.Op Fl h | Fl -help
+.Nm
+.Op Ar
+.Op Ar viewxmlfile
+.Nm
+.Op Ar projectfile
+.Sh DESCRIPTION          \" Section Header - required - don't modify
+.Nm
+is an interactive tool for manipulating meshes.
+.Pp
+The arguments are as follows:
+.Bl -tag -width -indent
+.It Fl h | Fl -help
 Show a brief help.
-.SH EXAMPLES
-.B meshlab
-mesh.obj
-.TP
-.R Run MeshLab opening the file mesh.obj
-.P
-.B meshlab
-mesh1.obj mesh2.obj view.xml
-.TP
-.R Run MeshLab opening the files mesh1.obj and mesh2.obj with camera view set in view.xml
-.P
-.B meshlab
-project.mlp
-.TP
-.R Run MeshLab opening the MeshLab project project.mlp
-.SH AUTHOR
-Paolo Cignoni - Visual Computing Lab - ISTI - CNR
+.It Ar
+Mesh/model file(s) to load.
+.It Ar viewxmlfile
+An XML file specifying the camera view
+.It Ar projectfile
+An .mlp MeshLab project file to load.
+.El
+.Sh EXIT STATUS
+.Ex -std
+.Sh EXAMPLES           \" Section Header - required - don't modify
+Run MeshLab opening the files
+.Pa mesh1.obj
+and
+.Pa mesh2.obj
+with camera view set in
+.Pa view.xml
+:
+.Dl $ meshlab mesh1.obj mesh2.obj view.xml
+.Pp
+Run MeshLab opening the MeshLab project
+.Pa project.mlp
+:
+.Dl $ meshlab project.mlp
+.Pp
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr meshlabserver 1
+.An Paolo Cignoni, Visual Computing Lab - ISTI - CNR
diff --git a/docs/man/meshlabserver.1 b/docs/man/meshlabserver.1
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-.TH MeshLabServer 1 "21 Feb 2020" "2020.02"
-.SH NAME
-MeshLabServer \- The open source batch mesh processing system
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-.B meshlabserver 
-[logargs] [args]
-.SH OPTIONS
-.TP
-.BR \-h ", " \-\-help
-.SH SEE ALSO
-.TP 
-https://github.com/cnr-isti-vclab/meshlab/blob/master/src/meshlabserver/README.md
-.TP 
-https://github.com/cnr-isti-vclab/meshlab/blob/master/src/meshlabserver/meshlabserver.txt
-.SH AUTHOR
+.\" Written by Ryan Pavlik <ryan@ryanpavlik.com> in mandoc format,
+.\" based on the original help output from the meshlabserver program.
+.Dd March 05, 2020
+.Dt MESHLABSERVER 1
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm meshlabserver
+.Nd The open source batch mesh processing system
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm
+.Op Fl d Ar output
+.Nm
+.Op Fl l Ar logfile
+.Op Fl p Ar projectfile
+.Op Fl w Ar outputprojectfile Op Fl x
+.Oo Fl i Ar meshfile Oc ...
+.Oo
+.Fl o Ar outfile
+.Op Fl l Ar opt_layer
+.Op Fl m Ar opt_mask
+.Oc
+.Op Fl s Ar scriptfile
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+.Nm
+allows batch-processing usage of functionality available in the interactive
+.Xr meshlab 1
+application.
+.Pp
+The arguments are as follows:
+.Bl -tag -width Ds
+.It Fl d Ar output
+dump on a text file a list of all the filtering functions
+.It Fl l Ar logfile
+log of the filters is output on a file
+.It Fl p Ar projectfile
+meshlab project ( .mlp ) to be loaded
+.It Fl w Ar outputprojectfile Op Fl x
+output meshlab project (.mlp) to be saved.
+If
+.Fl x
+flag is specified, any 3D model file(s)
+.Pa meshfile.ext
+contained in the input project will be overwritten.
+Otherwise, for an input filename of
+.Pa meshfile.ext ,
+the model will be saved in the same directory of
+input mesh as a new file called
+.Pa meshfile_out.ext .
+ALL the mesh attributes will be exported in the saved files.
+.It Fl i Ar file
+mesh that has to be loaded
+.It Fl o Ar outfile Oo Fl l Ar opt_layer Oc Oo Fl m Ar opt_mask Oc
+the name of the file where to write the current layer of the project.
+.Bl -tag -width Ds
+.It Fl l Ar opt_layer
+Save the specified layer to the chosen filename. Valid values for
+.Ar opt_layer
+can be
+.Bl -tag -width Ds
+.It A number in the range [0, last_layer_in_the_project]
+to indicate the desired layer by its index.
+.It Ql c
+indicate the CURRENT layer in the project
+.It Ql x
+indicate the LAST layer in the project
+.El
+.It Fl m Ar opt_mask
+the listed mesh attributes will be saved in the output file.
+The parameter
+.Ar opt_mask
+can be a space-separated list of the following attributes:
+.Bl -tag -width Ds
+.It Ql vc
+vertex colors
+.It Ql vf
+vertex flags
+.It Ql vq
+vertex quality
+.It Ql vn
+vertex normals
+.It Ql vt
+vertex texture coords
+.It Ql vr
+vertex radius
+.It Ql fc
+face colors
+.It Ql ff
+face flags
+.It Ql fq
+face quality
+.It Ql fn
+face normals
+.It Ql wc
+wedge colors
+.It Ql wn
+wedge normals
+.It Ql wt
+wedge texture coords
+.It Ql mp
+polygonal mesh info
+.It Ql sa
+save in ascii format
+.El
+.El
+.It Fl s Ar scriptfile
+the script to be applied.
+Must be in the xml format saved by MeshLab.
+.El
+.Pp
+.Sh NOTES
+There can be multiple meshes loaded and the order they are listed matters
+because filters that use meshes as parameters choose the mesh based on the
+order.
+.Pp
+The format of the output mesh is guessed by the used extension.
+.Sh EXIT STATUS
+.Ex -std
+.Sh EXAMPLES
+Apply the script contained in the file
+.Pa meshclean.mlx
+to the mesh contained in
+.Pa input.obj .
+Save the per-vertex-color, the per-face-quality, and the per-wedge-texture attributes
+contained in the current layer into
+.Pa output.ply .
+.Dl $ meshlabserver -i input.obj -o output.ply -m vc fq wt -s meshclean.mlx
+.Pp
+Apply the script contained in the file
+.Pa meshclean.mlx
+to the mesh contained in
+.Pa input.obj .
+Save the per-vertex-color, the per-face-quality and the per-wedge-texture attributes contained in the layer 2
+(if it exists!) into
+.Pa output.ply .
+Save the last layer of the project to
+.Pa output_last
+with the default geometric attributes.
+.Dl $ meshlabserver -i input.obj -o output.ply -l 2 -m vc fq wt -o output_last.ply -l l -s meshclean.mlx
+.Pp
+Apply the script contained in the file
+.Pa meshclean.mlx
+to the mesh composed of
+.Pa input0.obj
+and
+.Pa input1.ply .
+Make
+.Pa input1.ply
+the current mesh of the project (i.e. the mesh to which the filters operating on a single model will be applied).
+Generate a new output project
+.Pa outproj.mlp
+containing references to
+.Pa input0.obj
+and
+.Pa input1.ply .
+The files
+.Pa input0.obj
+and
+.Pa input1.ply
+will be overwritten.
+A log will be written to
+.Pa logfile.txt .
+.Dl $ meshlabserver -l logfile.txt -p proj.mlp -i input.obj -w outproj.mlp -s meshclean.mlx
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr meshlab 1
+.Sh AUTHOR
 Paolo Cignoni - Visual Computing Lab - ISTI - CNR