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["Sebastien Loriot (GeometryFactory)" <>]

It is not documented yet but there is a function in 
Polygon_mesh_processing/internal/clip.h

the simplest is:

template <class TriangleMesh,
          class Plane_3>
void clip(      TriangleMesh& tm,
          const Plane_3& plane,
          bool close);

Sebastien.

On 01/29/2018 05:39 PM, Riedel, Torge wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> still evaluating cgal. Quite a powerful library. I am interested in a 
> function cutting a mesh by a plane (infinite of course) with an option 
> to keep the mesh on the positive and/or negative side of the plane (in 
> means of normal direction vector). And optionally closing the resulting 
> sub-mesh on the cutting plane.
>
> As I cannot find an api on my own on cgal.org, I am asking here. Maybe 
> more than one api must be used for this operation.
>
> Thanks in advance and best regards
>
> Torge
>
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