<p>You can look into this: <a href="https://cescg.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k-Estimating-Approximate-Plane-of-Symmetry-of-3D-Triangle-Meshes.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://cescg.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k-Estimating-Approximate-Plane-of-Symmetry-of-3D-Triangle-Meshes.pdf</a>
There are definitely other papers on the subject though</p>

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<p>Is there an efficient way to identify the plane of symmetry in a 3D mesh? Preferably with existing code / software but if anyone knows how to implement it that would also be helpful.</p>

<p>Example of the problem: you have a 3D mesh of a duck that is centered at the origin. The correct answer in this case would be the plane where x = 0.</p>

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# Identify plane of symmetry in 3D mesh

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-04-03)

Is there an efficient way to identify the plane of symmetry in a 3D mesh? Preferably with existing code / software but if anyone knows how to implement it that would also be helpful.

Example of the problem: you have a 3D mesh of a duck that is centered at the origin. The correct answer in this case would be the plane where x = 0.

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### Answer by username_1 on 2019-04-04. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

You can look into this: <https://cescg.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k-Estimating-Approximate-Plane-of-Symmetry-of-3D-Triangle-Meshes.pdf>
There are definitely other papers on the subject though


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