# Error: Generate Textured Mesh- Failed!

**URL:** <https://community.pix4d.com/t/error-generate-textured-mesh-failed/27869>\
**Category:** PIX4Dmatic Questions/Troubleshooting\
**Created:** [September 27, 2023, 9:37pm UTC](https://community.pix4d.com/t/error-generate-textured-mesh-failed/27869 "2023-09-27T21:37:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![cthacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@cthacker](https://community.pix4d.com/u/cthacker)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2023, 9:37pm UTC](https://community.pix4d.com/t/error-generate-textured-mesh-failed/27869/1 "2023-09-27T21:37:58Z")

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I am running my first project and processing keeps failing when trying to “Generate Textured Mesh”. I have posted some of the log file below for referance. Any help would be appreciated.

[2023-09-27 17:18:35][16%CPU][32%RAM]Generate mesh geometry Generate free-space constraints  
[2023-09-27 17:18:35][16%CPU][32%RAM]Generate mesh geometry (pEvent) Flag free space nodes using visibility constraints  
[2023-09-27 17:31:16][34%CPU][36%RAM]Generate mesh geometry Error occurred in the PoissonRecon library  
[2023-09-27 17:31:16][34%CPU][36%RAM]Generate mesh geometry Error generating mesh  
[2023-09-27 17:31:16][34%CPU][36%RAM]Generate mesh geometry Exception thrown in a callback injected by the user: Error reading image contents  
[2023-09-27 17:31:17][34%CPU][36%RAM][Generate mesh geometry] Error  
[2023-09-27 17:31:17][34%CPU][36%RAM][Filter out small components] Cancelled  
[2023-09-27 17:31:17][34%CPU][36%RAM][Decimate mesh geometry] Cancelled  
[2023-09-27 17:31:17][34%CPU][36%RAM][Smooth mesh geometry] Cancelled  
[2023-09-27 17:31:17][34%CPU][36%RAM][Create mesh texture] Cancelled  
[2023-09-27 17:31:17][34%CPU][36%RAM][Post-processing mesh] Cancelled  
[2023-09-27 17:31:17][34%CPU][36%RAM][Generate textured mesh] Error Input point cloud: Dense  
Template: Aerial  
Texture size: 8192x8192  
Deghosting: Weak  
Decimation: Limit triangle count  
Maximum triangle count: 500000  
Plane-aware: Disabled  
Sky mask: Disabled  
[2023-09-27 17:31:17][23%CPU][30%RAM]Generate textured mesh Mesh generation failed  
Processing time 14m 1s

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**Author:** ![Gregoire\_Krahenbuhl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gregoire\_Krahenbuhl](https://community.pix4d.com/u/Gregoire_Krahenbuhl)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2023, 6:45pm UTC](https://community.pix4d.com/t/error-generate-textured-mesh-failed/27869/2 "2023-11-30T18:45:27Z")

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Dear @cthacker, this error could be indicative of a missing or corrupted image in your project, or that the file was not accessible for some reason during processing.