texture-driven-mesh-fitting

name	texture-driven-mesh-fitting
description	Reshape source-locked mesh boundaries so the geometry fits texture-atlas or decal contours 1:1 before final UV/material work. Use when textures look off because the model behind them does not match the source texture region, or when the mesh must adapt to the texture instead of stretching the texture onto an approximate mesh.
when_to_use	Texture-driven geometry fitting, mesh boundary fitting to atlas masks, UV-preserving contour correspondence, point/landmark deformation, source mask to mesh repair.
allowed-tools	Read Bash Glob Grep mcp__blender__execute_blender_code mcp__blender__get_object_info

Texture-Driven Mesh Fitting

This skill fixes the common failure: a texture is mapped correctly, but the mesh silhouette underneath is wrong. The mesh adapts to the source contour; the texture is not stretched to hide a wrong mesh.

Preconditions

• Structural parts are segmented (source-part-segmentation).
• Each part has a contour/mask and, if textured, an atlas region (atlas-uv-fitting).
• The object is source-locked in front X/Z before depth is added.
• Canonical view policy is resolved (multiview-constraint-solver) if views conflict.

Workflow

1. Extract source contour from the texture/wireframe region.
2. Extract current mesh boundary in the same projected coordinate space.
3. Build ordered contour correspondence by arc length, named landmarks, or seam/control points.
4. Move boundary vertices to source contour positions.
5. Move interior vertices by smooth interpolation, piecewise-affine warp, or thin-plate-spline style deformation.
6. Preserve UV parameterization by remapping boundary-fitted local coordinates into the atlas rectangle.
7. Re-render overlay; do not proceed to look-dev until texture-region silhouette passes.

Acceptance gates

• Per-part source/product bbox center and size within tolerance.
• Boundary maximum sample error below tolerance after normalization.
• Texture atlas region does not visibly bleed outside the fitted mesh in front view.
• Named landmarks (leaf_tip, base_left, base_right, face_corner, etc.) pass landmark-fit-repair.

Hard rules

• If a texture crop has a different silhouette than the mesh, reshape the mesh first.
• Do not use global UV stretching to hide geometry mismatch.
• Boundary fitting must happen before side-depth/crown deformation.
• Do not tune material/light to compensate for geometry/UV misfit.

Scripts

• scripts/contour_correspondence_report.py reports bbox, centroid, and sampled contour deltas between a source mask and a render/object mask.

Sources distilled

• Piecewise-affine/landmark warping gives a practical mesh deformation model.
• Thin-plate-spline style deformation is appropriate for smooth mascot/logo surfaces when landmarks are sparse.
• Blender mesh vertices/UV layers can be edited directly; BMesh is useful for cleanup after deformation.