CGAL 5.2 - Point Set Processing
Point_set_processing_3/grid_simplification_example.cpp
#include <CGAL/Exact_predicates_inexact_constructions_kernel.h>
#include <CGAL/grid_simplify_point_set.h>
#include <CGAL/IO/read_xyz_points.h>
#include <vector>
#include <fstream>
// types
typedef Kernel::Point_3 Point;
int main(int argc, char*argv[])
{
// Reads a .xyz point set file in points[].
std::vector<Point> points;
const char* fname = (argc>1)?argv[1]:"data/oni.xyz";
std::ifstream stream(fname);
if (!stream ||
!CGAL::read_xyz_points(stream, std::back_inserter(points)))
{
std::cerr << "Error: cannot read file " << fname << std::endl;
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}
// simplification by clustering using erase-remove idiom
double cell_size = 0.001;
points.erase(CGAL::grid_simplify_point_set(points, cell_size),
points.end());
// Optional: after erase(), use Scott Meyer's "swap trick" to trim excess capacity
std::vector<Point>(points).swap(points);
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}