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[Bernd Gaertner <>]

Bernd Gaertner wrote:
> Audette, Michel wrote:
> > Dear All,
> > subsequent to the message below, as well as a fruitful discussion with 
> > Bernd Gaertner, I would like to tweak the algorithm for ellipsoid 
> > fitting, so that each rounded jaw of a surgical tool sits as a hat 
> > over the fitted ellipsoid. Currently, the results that we obtain 
> > indicates that the algorithm tries to center each jaw within an 
> > ellipsoidal hull. Is there a simple parameter or flag for telling the 
> > algorithm to perform the fitting in a hat-like manner? 

I forgot to answer the latter: no, CGAL can't do this kind of fitting.
If the input shape is not ellipsoidal, it's not even clear to me what
"hat-like manner" is supposed to mean.

Best,
        Bernd.