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title: "Meshy T2 Smart Topology: workflow fit, costs and terms"
description: "Testing props and scenery with a face budget and separate parts"
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# Meshy T2 Smart Topology

Testing props and scenery with a face budget and separate parts

- **Availability**: available
- **Where it runs**: hosted
- **Costs**: Prepaid API credits; texture options change the charge. Web-plan T2 access and billing are unverified.
- **Adult content policy**: restricted

Meshy T2 generates triangle meshes at a requested face count, with parts separated during generation. For props, repeated scenery and objects you expect to edit, that gives you a reason to try it before generating a dense mesh and simplifying it afterward. Its useful promise is a more manageable starting asset; the cleanup work still matters. Inspect thin pieces, intersections, UVs and any areas that need to bend. Separate parts do not guarantee sensible pivots, and generated character topology still needs a deformation check and a suitable rig. Compare the result with your usual generation-and-decimation workflow before committing it to production.

## Commercial use & license

Proprietary hosted model. Paid customers can keep output private and own it to the extent permitted by law, provided they have the necessary source rights. Free-plan output uses CC BY 4.0 with credit to Meshy. Publishing output on Meshy Community places it under CC0. These output licenses do not cover model weights.

## Adult content rules

Meshy prohibits creating, uploading or sharing pornographic material. This recommendation covers permitted non-explicit props, environments and clothed character references.

[Read the policy](https://www.meshy.ai/acceptable-use-policy)

## What you need

For Image to 3D, use a Meshy API key, a supported image and model_type: smart-topology with ai_model: meshy-t2; inspect exported parts and the achieved face count.

Ranks are recommendations for the task described, based on reviewed documentation. Model ranks cover non-explicit development work. We have not run practical benchmarks. Check content policies and commercial terms separately. [How the ranks work](https://bestadultgames.io/en/developers/methodology.md)

### Sources & further reading

- [Meshy Image to 3D Smart Topology reference](https://docs.meshy.ai/en/api/image-to-3d)
- [Meshy T2 research paper](https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.28675)
- [Meshy terms](https://www.meshy.ai/terms-of-use)

Last checked 5 October 2026.

## Why consider it

- Face count set during generation
- Separate mesh parts for editing
- Direct generation avoids a separate remesh stage

## Tradeoffs to plan for

- Triangle meshes still need deformation checks
- Actual face counts may miss the target
- Legacy lowpoly is a separate API mode

The tier reflects documented fit for the workflow described here and availability. No numeric score or hands-on performance results are provided.

[Compare with other models](https://bestadultgames.io/en/developers/compare?model=meshy-t2)

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