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["Sebastien Loriot (GeometryFactory)" <>]

On 01/22/2012 11:55 PM, jonathan KHAO wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'd like to smooth out a polygon's surfaces as in chapter 50.3.2
>   (examples/Mesh_3/mesh_polyhedral_domain.cpp
> <http://www.cgal.org/Manual/latest/examples/Mesh_3/mesh_polyhedral_domain.cpp>).
>
> However, I handle ".off" files in my pipeline instead of ".mesh" files.
> So two questions :
> Are there other ways to smooth out polygons ? And how can I convert a
> .mesh file to an .off file ?
>
> Thanks a lot,
>
> Jonathan.
Did you see this?

http://www.cgal.org/Manual/latest/doc_html/cgal_manual/Subdivision_method_3/Chapter_main.html


A .mesh file is 3D mesh while you seems to have a surface mesh.
For remeshing a polyhedral surface have a look here:
http://www.cgal.org/Manual/latest/doc_html/cgal_manual/Surface_mesher/Chapter_main.html#Section_47.6



Sebastien.