Export confidence as a texture map?

[splanchnocranium]

Hi - is there any way to export the confidence values as a texture map that I could use in a 3D app (to apply to the model - just as a demonstration of this value)? I scan anatomical models, and it would be useful to show my colleagues which areas of the model are constructed from fewer photos (or none at all - if the surface is just filled in, in the absence of photo date). There is another thread on this subject but it refers to data stored in the the LAS/LAZ format.
Thanks

[jeffreyianwilson]

Texture the model as usual then you can export the mesh as a PLY file (odd that support is not in FBX or OBJ) and bake the confidence value as vertex colors.  Tools like xnormal can bake vertex normals into a texture map.

Jeff

[splanchnocranium]

Thank you! I'll give this a try. I hadn't tried PLY so didn't see this option. Much appreciated.