It doesn't appear that Meshlab is able to load per vertex texture coordinates in PLY files. I did not have a file to test with per face texture coordinates.
Some example files with per vertex texture coordinates are at http://vcg.isti.cnr.it/polycubemaps/models/#models
I've added the string "comment TextureFile filename.png" to the files (where filename.png is the name of the corresponding image), and Meshlab gives me the option to display the texture (the show texture button is not disabled), but when I click on it, the mesh does not display any texture.
Email Address: randy (at) photon-x (dot) com
Hi,
The meshes in the page you referred where stored using the polycubemap approach that use 3D texture coord (e.g. for each vert you have 3 coord uv AND t) Displaying that meshes requires a bit of care.
Currently meshlab does not support this kind of meshes, and probably it will not support it in the near future.
If you have other PLY meshes on which meshlab fails to load please link them.
cheers
p.