skin_surface_writer.h

#ifndef CGAL_SKIN_SURFACE_WRITER_H
#define CGAL_SKIN_SURFACE_WRITER_H

#include <fstream>
#include <CGAL/IO/Polyhedron_iostream.h>
#include <CGAL/subdivide_skin_surface_mesh_3.h>
#include <CGAL/Skin_surface_refinement_policy_3.h>

template <class SkinSurface, class Polyhedron>
void write_polyhedron_with_normals(SkinSurface &skin,
               Polyhedron &p,
               std::ostream &out)
{
  typedef typename Polyhedron::Vertex_iterator                  Vertex_iterator;
  typedef typename Polyhedron::Facet_iterator                   Facet_iterator;
  typedef typename Polyhedron::Halfedge_around_facet_circulator HFC;
  typedef typename Polyhedron::Vertex_handle                    Vertex_handle;
  typedef typename Polyhedron::Traits::Vector_3                 Vector;

  CGAL::Skin_surface_refinement_policy_3<SkinSurface, Polyhedron> policy(skin);

  // Write header
  out << "NOFF " << p.size_of_vertices ()
      << " " << p.size_of_facets()
      << " " << p.size_of_halfedges()
      << std::endl;



  // Write vertices
  for (Vertex_iterator vit = p.vertices_begin();
       vit != p.vertices_end(); vit ++) {
    Vector n = policy.normal(vit);
    n = n/sqrt(n*n);
    out << vit->point() << " " << n << std::endl;
  }

  // Write faces
  CGAL::Inverse_index<Vertex_handle> index(p.vertices_begin(),
                  p.vertices_end());
  for(Facet_iterator fi = p.facets_begin();
      fi != p.facets_end(); ++fi) {
    HFC hc = fi->facet_begin();
    HFC hc_end = hc;
    std::size_t n = circulator_size(hc);
    out << n;
    do {
      Vertex_handle vh = (*hc).vertex();
      out << " " << index[vh];
    } while (++hc != hc_end);
    out << "\n";
  }
}

#endif // CGAL_SKIN_SURFACE_WRITER_H