Abstract: A method of generating a medial mesh of an object. The method first includes obtaining a surface mesh of the object. Define a set of node normal vectors, each having its origin at a node and being directed towards the interior of the object. For each node: select a node normal from the set having their origins at that node; define a sphere wherein a surface of the sphere includes the node and the centre point is positioned at a scalar multiple of the node normal; increment the centre point along the scalar multiple; iterate until the surface of the sphere includes another node or element. The centre point is recorded as a medial point and the diameter as a thickness. The medial mesh is generated from the set of medial points and object thicknesses.